Central team inspects Jal Shakti projects in Kamjong district
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR
Kamjong, July 04 2022:
A Central team today conducted a field visit to various villages of Kamjong district to get a ground reality of the various works taken up under Jal Shakti Abhiyan : Catch the Rain (JSA:CTR) campaign.
The team was led by Manoj Kumar Gupta, Director, Ministry of Labour and Employment (and Central Nodal Officer of JSA-CTR) and PK Dorle, Scientist C as the technical officer and was accompanied by Kasom Khullen SDO and district officials of PHED, Kamjong.
The team visited five sites today, namely, Tamaram village, MI Project at Kasom Khullen, K Somrei village, Khamlang village and K Leihaoram village.
Out of these, K Somrei and K Leihaoram villages are Amrit Sarovar sites.
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It may be mentioned that under JSA:CTR, each district over the entire country should have 75 Amrit Sarovar project sites each and at least 20 sites should be set up for the initial phase by the end of this year.
An afforestation drive was also held as a part of the field visit today at SDO Kasom Khullen Office.
Regarding the visit, Manoj Gupta said that earlier, this campaign was initiated only in those districts where water scarcity is an issue but after realizing the importance of water resources to each and everyone, the Government has now decided to implement it in all districts of the country.
The team is on a five-day visit to Manipur to oversee the JSA:CTR works taken up in Kamjong and Ukhrul districts.
He added that water-harvesting techniques will also be developed in the block offices of the districts in consultation with the SDOs concerned.
The Central Nodal Officer also appealed to the village chiefs, villagers, CSOs and other stakeholders to inculcate the habit of 'catching' the rain to solve the issue of water scarcity.
He opined that Manipur, in spite of having a high rainfall rate, is still facing water scarcity even in hill villages where it is least expected.
Manoj also appealed to all to practice water conservation and to enrich the water table.
It is worth mentioning that the Jal Shakti Abhiyan : Catch the Rain campaign was launched by the President of India on March 29, 2022 and is being implemented from April 1, 2022 to 30 November 2022.The main theme is 'Catch the Rain, where it falls, when it falls' .
The Central team and the PHED officials will further visit four more villages of Kamjong district on Tuesday.