GUWAHATI: Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the state government is committed to implement Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of providing clean tap water to all rural households in Assam by 2024 under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).
He said in order to further boost the mission in Assam, all the implementing agencies should work in total synergy to bring the remaining 43 lakh households under this flagship scheme. Under the JJM, the water supply scheme will be put in place in every village in the state.
“After building the scheme in every revenue village of the state with a vision that ‘no one is left out’, the implementing departments should constitute ‘water users’ committee’ to look after the maintenance protocol of the schemes,” said Sarma. He also stressed on selection of technically empowered volunteers in all the 24,000 water supply schemes.
On the need of literature to provide knowledge to every stakeholder on the operation and sustenance of the mission, Sarma asked the implementing departments to publish a handbook.
State panchayat, rural development and public health engineering department minister Ranjeet Kumar Dass while speaking on the occasion gave a brief snapshot on the implementation of the mission in Assam.
Principal secretary to panchayat and rural development department, JB Ekka, mission director, JJM Akash Deep, officers of the implementing departments, PRI members, BDOs and others were present during the meeting. As a part of the daylong meeting, the senior officers of panchayat and rural development and public health engineering department held an intensive review to discuss every level of implementation of the mission.
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