UDHAMPUR: Mission Director (MD), Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) J&K, Khurshid Ahmad Shah (JKAS) reviewed the progress of water supply schemes in district Udhampur on Thursday.
The meeting was attended by Superintending Engineer, Udhampur circle, Executive Engineer, PHE Division Udhampur, officers of Mission Directorate, AEE’s and JE’s.
On the occasion, the chair was appraised through a detailed PowerPoint presentation about the status of various ongoing schemes in the district.
Reviewing the progress in execution of 161 schemes under JJM schemes, it was informed that out of 430 allotted works pertaining to PHE Division Udhampur, 199 works have been completed so far and work is going on rest of the projects. The components involved in execution of these schemes include Dug wells, Bore wells, Rapid Sand Filtration Plants (RSFP), Over Head Tanks (OHT), Slow Sand Filtration Plants (SSFP) and Pipe Networks.
The chair was informed that out of 99928 households; 79081 households have been provided with Functional House hold tap Connections (FHTC)
The Mission Director enjoined upon officers to give a renewed push to enhance pace of providing remaining Functional House Hold Tap Connections (FHTCs) in the district. He enjoined upon officers to certify the remaining Har Ghar Jal reported villages as per the protocol set by National Jal Jeevan Mission (NJJM).
The MD was also informed that out of 7987 kms of pipeline laid 6168 kms stand mapped on PM Gati Shakti portal. 304 Sources and 381 water supply assets stand Geo tagged.
The MD directed the concerned officers to complete the mapping and geo tagging of remaining Sources and assets, so that information related to creation of Infrastructure and schemes is put in public domain. This will ensure works being executed in transparent manner with community participation in planning, execution and monitoring of Water Supply assets which is the motive behind Jal Jeevan Mission, he said.
Later a delegation of contractors involved in implementation of JJM in district met Mission Director and apprised him about the mounting liability. The MD assured them full support in conveying their genuine demands to the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), GOI in this regard.