Workshop on Jal Jeevan Mission held at Jammu
Chief Secretary B.V.R Subramanyam today asked the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department to adopt newer ways and techniques so that Jammu and Kashmir emerges as the top performer in implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).He made these remarks while chairing the Technical Session of one-day workshop on JJM, organized by the Department of PHE here at The Institution of Engineers (India).Pertinently, JJM is targeted to be implemented in J&K by 2022 as against 2024 deadline set for rest of India.Terming JJM as a national priority, the Chief Secretary called for making concerted efforts so that Jammu and Kashmir becomes the top performer in providing tap water to every household.He said that innovative ways and techniques need to be adopted to reduce cost and time of implementation.
He stressed upon the people for promoting judicious use of water and achieving the objective of round the clock water supply. He also informed through the presentation that all the water pipeline connections will be Geo-tagged and Aadhaar linked under JJM by June 2020.Divisional Commissioner, Jammu Sanjeev Verma who chaired the inaugural session of the workshop impressed upon the participants that sustainability and conservation of water is very important while implementing the JJM.He further emphasized upon the need to conserve the existing water resources like ponds and lakes.ddressing the participants, Secretary Rural Development said that Social Audit Committees in each Panchayat block will oversee the works on the ground which in turn will help in effective implementation of the schemes.Deputy Commissioners of Samba and Reasi gave a detailed presentation about the PHE layout in their respective districts showing schemes, filtration plants, habitations and water requirements.Superintending Engineers and Executive Engineers of various districts of Jammu division briefed the participants about the ongoing schemes and works being carried out in their respective districts.The concluding session of the workshop focused on issue based discussion on themes like contract management and tendering, Community awareness and participation, provision of FHTC to unconnected households, regularisation of unregistered connections etc.Each session of the workshop was marked by an interactive brainstorming session during which issues and solutions to various problems were discussed in length and detail.
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