Haryana Government is gearing up for the address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Gram Sabhas across the country on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and on the successful implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission.
Chief Secretary Vijai Vardhan on Thursday held a meeting with the Deputy Commissioners in this regard through video conferencing and gave necessary directions to them to ensure that the programme is a success.
Directing the Deputy Commissioners, Vardhan said that as per the vision of prime minister, every gram panchayat has to ensure its participation so that Haryana can make its mark among the leading states in Jal Jeevan Mission.
It was informed in the meeting that on October 2, the Prime Minister will address all the gram sabhas and share with them the vision, objectives and upcoming strategy for Jal Jeevan Mission, being run to ensure the availability of clean water in every household in rural areas.
The Chief Secretary was apprised that under the Jal Jeevan Mission, a Water and Sanitation Committee has been constituted in the villages of Haryana. The participation of 50 percent of women has also been ensured in this committee.
It was further informed that under the supervision of this Committee, a village action plan has been prepared, which has complete details about the drinking water supply plan and this scheme would be implemented in the gram panchayat as per this detailed plan.
It was also informed that under the Jal Jeevan Mission, a target was set to provide functional household tap connections to all the houses in the village, out of which tap connections have been made available in all the houses and the work of strengthening the drinking water scheme is in progress.
After the implementation of the scheme under the Jal Jeevan Mission, its maintenance and operation will be done by the Village Water and Sewerage Committee.
The Chief Secretary was further apprised that to ensure the quality of drinking water under Jal Jeevan Mission, five women in each village have been trained in the gram panchayat and now science students in the villages are also being trained to check the quality of water, so as to ensure the availability of pure drinking water.