World Water Day: India provided tap connections to over 11 crore rural households

World Water Day is celebrated on March 22 every year It is an annual United Nations Observance started in 1993 that celebrates water and raises awareness of the two billion people currently living without access to safe waterA core focus of World Water Day is to inspire action towards Sustainable Development Goal SDG 6 Water and Sanitation for all by 2030The idea for this international day goes back to 1992 the year in which the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro took place That same year the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution by which 22 March of each year was declared World Day for Water to be observed starting in 1993 Later on other celebrations and events were addedInitiatives by India for water conservationThe government of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been implementing various schemes and programmes like Jal Jeevan Mission Atal Bhujal Yojana Atal Jal Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana PMKSY Namami Gange National Aquifer Mapping and Management programme NAQUIM for water conservation and for increasing the level of groundwaterThe key initiative of these is Jal Jeevan MissionThe government in partnership with states is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission JJM to make provision for potable tap water supply to every rural household by 2024 Provisions have been made for source recharging viz dedicated bore well recharge structures rainwater recharge and rejuvenation of existing water bodiesNotably about 1149 crore households have been provided with tap water connections since the launch of the Jal Jeevan Mission in August 2019 An allocation of Rs 70000 crores has been made in Union Budget 202223 which is 12 times the initial allocation of Rs 5500 crore in the financial year 201819Piped water supply to Anganwadi Centres has increased from 25092 on October 02 2020 to 934 lakh on March 21 2023 which is a 37 times increasePiped water supply to Schools has increased from 48772 on October 02 2020 to 902 lakh on March 15 2023 which is an 18 times increaseTill January 2023 520 lakh Village Water amp Sanitation CommitteePani Samitis have been formed and more than 17 lakh women are trained for testing water samples using Field Test Kits FTKsAnother key initiative is Atal Bhujal YojanaAlso Read Need to reduce airports operating costs by 3050 per cent Adani Airports CEOAtal Bhujal Yojana with a total outlay of Rs 6000 crore is being implemented in 8220 waterstressed Gram Panchayats of 229 administrative blocks Talukas in 80 districts of seven States Haryana Gujarat Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh for a period of five years from starting April 2020Namami GangeCleaning of the river is a continuous process and the government is supplementing the efforts of the state governments in addressing the challenges of pollution in river Ganga and its tributaries by providing financial and technical assistance under the Namami Gange ProgrammeUnder this Programme a set of interventions for cleaning and rejuvenation of river Ganga have been taken up including wastewater treatment solid waste management riverfront management ghats and crematoria maintaining continuous flow rural sanitation afforestation and biodiversity conservationAs on February 02 2023 a total of 409 projects have been taken up at an estimated cost of Rs 3291240 crore out of which 232 projects have been completed and made operationalSwachh Bharat Mission GrameenThe government launched Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen on October 2 2014 with the main aim to make the rural areas of the country Open Defecation Free ODF in five years As on March 16 2023 over 11 crore latrines have been built across StatesUTsNational Perspective Plan NPP of Interlinking of RiversThe government formulated a National Perspective Plan NPP of the interlinking of rivers for transferring water from surplus basins to deficit basinsareas in 1980 National Water Development Agency NWDA has identified 30 links 16 under the Peninsular Component and 14 under the Himalayan Component for the preparation of Feasibility Reports Detailed Project Reports under the Interlinking of Rivers ProjectThe KenBetwa Link project KBLP is the first link for which implementation has been initiated The project has been approved by the government with an estimated cost of Rs 44605 crore at the year 202021 price level and central support of Rs 39317 crore through a Special Purpose VehicleAmrit Sarovar MissionAmrit Sarovar Mission was launched on April 24 2022 The Mission is aimed at developing and rejuvenating 75 water bodies in each district of the country as a part of the celebration of Azadi ka Amrit MahotsavA target of construction of 50000 Amrit Sarovars was set to be completed by August 15 2023 As on February 08 2023 more than 30000 Amrit Sarovars which constitute 60 per cent of the total target have been constructedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies 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