Jammu [India], February 8 (ANI): JammuKashmir Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Mehta carried out a digital tour of works taken up below the central flagship programme Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) price Rs 11,000 crore throughout the Union Territory, an official assertion knowledgeable on Wednesday, including that each remaining rural family would get faucet water connection below this mission by June this yr.
As per an official, Mehta interacted with the general public and officers of the division for taking a first-hand appraisal of the progress made within the mission to date.
“The virtual tour took place in a meeting attended by the Principal Secretary, Jal Shakti Department, Mission Director, JJM, Deputy Commissioners, Special Secretary, JSD, Director Finance, JSD, Chief Engineers, Superintending Engineers, Executive Engineers and other officers of the Jal Shakti Department,” the assertion added.
According to officers, the Chief Secretary requested the officers concerning the mission’s progress and requested them to fulfill the deadlines with out fail. He directed them to tender all of the elements of every scheme to finish them absolutely. He additionally urged them to expedite the tendering of remaining works in order that these are taken up earlier than March this yr.
“He impressed upon them to involve the local people so that the scheme runs successfully in future as well. He enjoined the officers of the mission to augment the monitoring mechanism for the effective implementation of this mega mission. He also stressed third-party evaluation of the works besides a greater role for public representatives and Paani Samitis in monitoring progress,” the assertion added.
“He laid stress on utilizing methods like Critical Path Method (CPM) and Resource Management System for higher management and understanding of the precedence areas and discerning the way in which ahead to finish every work on time, the assertion knowledgeable.
As per an official, he instructed the officers to hold out the capability constructing of the sphere staff in order that the mission price Rs 11,000 crore is carried out effectively. He maintained that such missions present a golden alternative for departments to reinforce their effectivity by way of the capability of their staff and handle the manpower necessities as nicely.
“Mehta also asked about the pace of water testing under JJM and the remedial measures taken in case of poor quality water found anywhere. He urged upon them to involve people and PRI representatives in the testing process and give the testing kits to Paani Samitis for quality check of the tap water,” it knowledgeable.
“Principal Secretary Shaleen Kabra informed the Chief Secretary that the mission has been under implementation since 2019 and has achieved substantial progress till now. He was informed in the meeting that all rural institutions like schools, Anganwadi centres and health institutions have been provided piped water under this mission,” the assertion additional added.
“He revealed that every remaining rural household would get the tap water connection under this mission by June this year as most of the targets would be completed by then. In the presentation, he threw light on all the aspects of the mission. He gave a detailed analysis of the objectives, procedures, progress and way forward to take the mission to its logical conclusion,” Mehta stated, the assertion knowledgeable.
While sharing the knowledge on the progress of the undertaking, officers knowledgeable the Chief Secretary that out of a complete of 6,774 works, 6,712 had already been tendered out and three,696 works stand allotted so far. It was additional revealed that 1,893 works are at the moment below progress and 284 works stand accomplished within the UT. It was given out that every one the works of the Mission can be allotted until March this yr,” an official assertion stated.
“The meeting was apprised that in order to enhance the transparency and monitoring of the works NGOs have been empanelled as Implementation Support Agencies (ISAs). These ISAs are going to work across villages and help in capacity building of Gram panchayats, Pani Samitis and perform other support activities as well,” the assertion added. (ANI)