BANDIPORA: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Bandipora, Dr Owais Ahmad on Friday chaired a meeting to review the progress/ achievements of cent percent coverage of pure drinking water to Hospitals, Schools and Anganwadi Centres under Jal Jeevan Mission.
At the outset, the concerned Officer gave a detailed presentation about JJM achievements registered in the district so far with regard to providing drinking water to Schools, Hospitals and Anganwari Centres.
The meeting discussed threadbare discussion on several aspects of implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission including status of tendering and administrative approval of retrofitting schemes, coverage action plan for providing water facility to remaining HHCS in the district and several other issues of public importance. Dr Owais exhorted upon the officers to work in tandem to achieve desired results within the stipulated time frame. He asked them to achieve the complete targets under the Mission as soon as possible.
He remarked that Bandipora was the first district to launch a door to door census in 2019- 20 for coverage of functional Household Tap Connections, quality supply and working quantity requirements in Jammu and Kashmir.
He stated that Rs 309 crore plan has been approved for Bandipora, which envisages construction of 30 new Filtration plants, 60 Reservoirs in addition to cent percent coverage of HHs with functional water connections.
The meeting was attended by Executive Engineer, Jal Shakti SSD Gurez, District Officer ICDS, Chief Education Officer Bandipora, Medical Superintendent DH Bandipora and other concerned officers.

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