DC Pulwama presides over Handholding cum Awareness Prog of JJM

PULWAMA, April 05: The Project Management Consultancy Mission Directorate, Jal Jeevan Mission, J&K, in collaboration with District Administration, District Jal Jeevan Mission, Pulwama conducted a day-long mega handholding cum awareness program  at Auditorium (GDC Pulwama).

The programme witnessed overwhelming participation of various stakeholders including Pani Samiti members, Sarpanches, field staff of Rural Development Department (Panchayat Secretaries), Jal Shakti Department (PHE), District Project Management Unit JJM Staff, Implementation Support Agency (ISA) Gramin Vikas Trust representatives, Anganwadi/ASHA workers, water testing lab staff, and FTK Trained Women from various panchayats.

The inaugural session of the program was presided over by the District Development Commissioner & Chairperson District Jal Jeevan Mission, Pulwama, Baseer-ul-Haq Choudhary  in the presence of Superintending Engineer/ Nodal Officer, Executive Engineer, Jal Shakti, Nisar Ahmad and other officers of various Departments.

DC in his address, highlighted the various aspects of Jal Jeevan Mission and enumerated the steps being undertaken for ensuring clean and safe drinking water to every household of the District. He also appreciated the role played by PRIs and Pani Samiti members in over-all implementation and execution of JJM projects in various panchayats of the District and further emphasized on them to play a proactive role in the support and capacity building activities being conducted by ISA partners and Jal Shakti Department so as to ensure smooth functioning of the schemes once they are functional. 

The Chairperson also impressed upon stakeholders to play their role in conservation of water and water bodies in their respective area.

Nizam Mansoory, Team Leader, Project Management Consultancy, also conducted a session wherein he highlighted the various aspects  of water management and overall conservation measures and the importance of Jal Jeevan Mission for ensuring clean tap water to every household. He also highlighted that the mission aims to provide fresh tap water supply to every household in the District at a rate of 55 liters per capita per day, and various trainings have been conducted to ensure the mission’s effective and timely completion.

 Another session was conducted by Rakesh, Technical Expert from Project Management Consultancy, where he presented a detailed overview of various parameters of JJM and explained in detail the role and duties of various stakeholders. He also presented success stories and documentaries of achievements made under Jal Jeevan Mission across the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir to motivate the stakeholders to play their role with dedication and in mission mode.

 He also explained the data entry mechanism and other indicators of the JJM dashboard/website.

In another session, Live demonstration of Water Testing on Field Testing Kits was presented by Water Testing Staff before the stakeholders in order to train them and also various aspects/parameters of water testing & quality were discussed in detail. 

Superintending Engineer also spoke on the occasion and highlighted the series of steps undertaken by the district for implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in the district including the formulation of Water Security Plan, Conduct of Water Survey, formulation of District Action Plan and also emphasized on encouraging local communities to take over the rural water supply system for operation and maintenance, and help the administration so that the “Har Ghar Nal se jal “ mission is successful. He also briefed that various JJM Schemes have been approved in the district and presently going on at full pace and works are targeted for completion during this year itself.  

The programme proceedings were conducted by Manzoor Ahmad, Coordinator, IEC, JJM, Pulwama, who also presented detailed analysis of various aspects and achievements of Jal Jeevan Mission.