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JJM: Jal Shakti, Information departments organise ‘World Water Day’ celebrations at Shopian

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SHOPIAN, MARCH 20: Kick-starting the ‘World Water Day’ celebrations, commemorated every year on 22nd of March, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya today chaired a World Water Day Celebrations function at Imtiyaz Memorial Government Degree College (IM-GDC) Shopian, here.
The function was organized with an aim to disseminate necessary awareness regarding water conservation and preservation.
Speaking on the occasion, the DC said that the need of the hour is to generate massive awareness among the masses about the importance of freshwater in our daily life to save this precious gift of nature.
He informed the gathering that the District Administration Shopian is committed to providing drinking water supply to all the households of the district by effective and time bound implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in the district.
Earlier, SE Jal Shakti Department Gh Rasool Rehber flagged-off Prachar Rath vehicle which will tour towns/villages for awareness generation on water conservation and judicious use of water.
District Information Officer Shopian, Showkat Hussain Ganie also spoke on the occasion and shared vital statistics on the gravity of water and sanitation crisis and the need to change behaviors and saving of water resources for the well-being of the people۔
DDC member, Muzafar Ahmad, many students, and ISAs also spoke on the occasion.
Multifarious activities including Nukkad Natak on water pollution were presented by the artists. The students of Higher Secondary School Nadapora presented a skit on water conservation.

Demonstration of water testing by trained Pani Samitis members including chemists, AWWs and ASHAs was also held.
Women achievers in JJM were felicitated on the occasion along with position holders in painting and drawing competition.
Principal IM-GDC, Bashir Ahmed Dar, College Staff, officials from Information Department Jal Shakti, Education and students in large numbers participated.
The function was organised under the banner of JJM and AKAM by the two Implementation and Support Agencies (ISAs) of the district, including Gramin Vikas Trust (GVT) and National Educational Society, Welfare Organisation (NESSWO).
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

March 20, 2023
DC Kulgam inspects JJM work projects at Kulgam

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KULGAM, MARCH 04: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat today visited several areas in the district and took stock of the pace and progress made in Water Supply projects under execution through Jal Jeevan Mission.
The projects are aimed to provide safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections to all households.
The DC during his visit took stock of pace and progress made on WSS Tengpora Khargund, WSS Pratap pora, WSS Chatrupora Gasren and other work projects.
After taking stock of the pace and progress of these works, the DC instructed the concerned officers to mobilize more men and machinery and ensure timely completion of these Water Supply Schemes.
He set timelines for completion of various work projects and instructed the concerned to stick to the timelines and ensure completion of these work projects within the set timeline.
Earlier, the DC also interacted with people at Gasrenoo and other villages and listened to the issues of people for early redressal.
It is important to mention that there are a total of 218 works in the district and 142 schemes/projects are under JJM, and all the works have to be completed before 15th of June 2023.
Accompanying the DC were ADDC, Showkat Ahmad Rather, Executive Engineers from PHE division Kulgam and Qazigund and other officers.

NO: PR/DDI/SGR/23/51/
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

March 4, 2023
JK Set To See Completion Of JJM By June 2023

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JAMMU: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta conducted virtual tour of works taken up under the central flagship programme Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) across the UT of J&K. He interacted with public and officials of the department for taking first hand appraisal of the progress made in the mission so far.
The virtual tour took place in a meeting attended by Principal Secretary, Jal Shakti Department; Mission Director, JJM; Deputy Commissioners; Special Secretary, JSD; Director Finance, JSD; Chief Engineers; Superintending Engineers; Executive Engineers and other officers of the Jal Shakti Department.
At the outset, the Chief Secretary asked the officers about the progress of the mission and asked them to meet the deadlines without any fail. He directed them to tender all the components of each scheme to complete them fully. He also urged them to expedite the tendering of remaining works so that these are taken up before March this year.
He impressed upon them to involve the local people so that the scheme runs successfully in future as well.
He enjoined upon the officers of the mission to augment the monitoring mechanism for the effective implementation of this mega mission. He also stressed on third party evaluation of the works besides greater role for public representatives and Paani Samities in monitoring progress.
He laid stress on using techniques like Critical Path Method (CPM) and Resource Management System for better control and understanding of the priority areas and discerning the way forward to complete each work on time.
He instructed the officers to carry out the capacity building of the field workers so that the mission worth Rs 11000 Cr is implemented efficiently. He maintained that such missions provide golden opportunity to departments to enhance their efficiency in terms of capacity of their employees and addressing the manpower requirements as well.
Dr Mehta also asked about the pace of water testing under JJM and the remedial measures taken in case of poor quality of water found anywhere. He exhorted upon them to involve people and PRI representatives in the testing process and give the testing kits to PaaniSamities for quality check of the tap water.

The Principal Secretary, Shaleen Kabra informed the Chief Secretary that the mission is under implementation from 2019 and has achieved a substantial progress till now. He informed the meeting that all rural institutions like schools, Anganwadi centres and health institutions has been provided piped water under this mission.
He revealed that every remaining rural household would get the tap water connection under this mission by June this year as most of the targets would be completed by then. In the presentation he threw light on all the aspects of the mission. He gave detailed analysis of the objectives, procedures, progress and way forward to take the mission to its logical conclusion.
It was further given out that of 6774 works 6712 had already been tendered out and 3696 works stands allotted till date. It was further revealed that 1893 works are currently under progress and 284 works stands completed in the UT. It was given out that all the works of the Mission would be allotted till March this year.
The meeting was apprised that in order to enhance the transparency and monitoring of the works NGOs have been empanelled as Implementation Support Agencies (ISAs). These ISAs are going to work across villages and help in capacity building of Gram panchayats, PaniSamities and perform other support activities as well.

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

February 8, 2023