Minister of State for Jal Shakti Rattan lal Kataria expressed his pleasure and congratulated the officials as Jal Jeevan Mission crossed the 4 crore mark in providing new functional household tap connections to rural households. As on date, 57 districts, 709 blocks, 44,409 Panchayat,86,886 villages have ensured 100% coverage of FHTC. Kataria, who tested positive for Covid-19 last week, is admitted in a hospital at Gurugram. He shared his pics on Social Media yesterday where he can be seen discharging important work through the Digital platform.
Mr Kataria was apprised about the successful Pilot project for effective monitoring of water supply in villages, executed in 5 states using the Internet of things (IoT) technology. This has been done in collaboration with Tata Community Initiatives Trust (TCIT) & Tata trusts. The villages spread across 5 states namely Uttarakhand,Rajasthan,Gujarat,Maharashtra & H.P, covering various Agro-climatic zones, were identified for this pilot.
The IoT shall provide real time information to public health officials,members of Village water supply committee (VWSC), general public regarding the quantity and quality of water supplied to users. It shall make use of sensors to observe flow, pressure level, chlorine analyzer as well as the level of ground water. It shall help prevent supply of unfit water, arrest leakages and provide valuable info to VWSC to plan for source development and augmentation.
The success of Pilot project has motivated states to actively deploy this technology. Gujarat, Bihar, Haryana & Arunachal Pradesh have floated tenders and other states are in state of initiating this process
Mr Kataria acknowledged the importance of technology in improving public service delivery.
He cited that even at the time of following strict quarantine protocols for social isolation, technology enables virtual connect with the social world and helps one to work and contribute.