Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday urged the Union Jal Shakti Minister, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to provide drinking water connections under the National Campaign of ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ to dhanis in Haryana with 20 houses and provide relaxation in the condition regarding areas with a population of 100 persons, as a large number of people reside in dhanis in the State.
Besides this, the Chief Minister also suggested that the working of Village Water and Sanitation Committee (VWSC) can be monitored by the Zila Parishad.
The Chief Minister apprised Shekhawat in a review meeting regarding ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ through video conferencing. The Ministers in-charge of rural water supply of States and Union Territories attended this meeting. The meeting was called on the completion of 100 days of implementation of ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’, which aims to provide Functional Household Water Connection (FHTC) in rural areas of the country till 2024.
The Chief Minister assured the Union Jal Shakti Minister that Haryana is steadfast to achieve the 100 per cent target of ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ in all the villages with a population of 6,841 in the state by December 31, 2022, and is formulating plans for it.
The Chief Minister also informed Shekhawat that the state has set a target of providing 100 percent drinking water connections in three districts namely Ambala, Kurukshetra and Panchkula, 17 blocks, 916 Gram Panchayats by March 31, 2021. He informed that Ambala district will be a Functional Household Water Connection (FHTC) district by January 26, 2021, and drinking water connections will remain functional in every household in every village.
Khattar apprised the Union Jal Shakti Minister that out of 12,953 schools in the state, 12,918 schools have drinking water already. There are only 27 schools in which this work is to be done. Similarly, out of 25,962 Anganwadi Centres, water supply is being provided in 20,800 Anganwadi
Centres. Moreover, till December 31, 2021, tap water will be provided in the remaining Anganwadis under the said Mission.
The Chief Minister informed that against the target of releasing 7 lakh Functional Household Water Connections (FHWC) in Haryana, 5.2 lakh connections have been issued. The water and sanitation committees have been set up in 6,178 villages in the state and action plans of 3,182 villages have been prepared.
HARYNA CM ASKS MLAs TO PREPARE DPR OF SCHEMES UNDER JAL JEEVAN MISSION
Khattar has directed the officials to include local MLAs while preparing the detailed project report of the schemes under the ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ as this is an important scheme launched by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. The local MLAs concerned can get plans formulated regarding drinking water as per the demand of their respective areas.
The Chief Minister was representing Haryana during a review meeting regarding ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ with Union Jal Shakti Minister, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat through video conferencing.
The Chief Minister also directed the concerned officials that water scarcity will be a major issue in the upcoming days, which will be a matter of concern for everyone.
For this, we will have to focus on water conservation schemes from now onwards, so that we can provide water to future generations.