Annual Action Plan Under Jal Jeevan Mission
April 21st
Annual Action Plan of Arunachal Pradesh to give tap water connection to rural households under Jal Jeevan Mission was presented on video conference with details of saturation plan for the financial year 2021-22. During the presentation, Arunachal reiterated their commitment to achieve ‘Har Ghar Jal’ target by 2023. Arunachal has 2.17 lakh rural households, out of which 1.01 (47%) lakh use tap water supply. In 2020-21, about 65,000 new tap water connections were provided in the hilly State. In 2021-22, the State plans to make 3 districts, 18 Blocks and 1,825 villages Har Ghar Jal, which means 100% tap water connection in every rural household in these areas. The State plans to give 65,000 tap connections in 2021-22. The national committee asked the State to make concerted efforts and give tap water connection in SC/ ST dominated habitations, Aspirational districts on priority. JJM is a flagship programme of the Union Government, which has a motive to give piped tap water in every rural household. In the previous financial year 2020-21, Rs 345 Crore central fund was released to the State to provide assured tap water supply. In 2021-22, the State is likely to get Rs 600 Crore as Central fund under Jal Jeevan Mission. Last year, the State was incentivised through performance grant owing to better performance. Ministry officials asked the State to explore convergence of funds from different sources for effective utilization of resources for water supply works. As told by the State, 86% Healthcare centres, 79% Schools, 60% Ashramshalas and 57% Anganwadi centre in Arunachal Pradesh have piped water supply. The State plans to achieve 100% piped water supply in all these institutions in the first quarter of 2021-22. The state also plans to engage experts at State, district and division level which will help expedite the implementation of JJM and help find gaps which need to be checked as they march ahead to achieve 100% coverage in remote regions of the state.
Under Jal Jeevan Mission, water quality testing laboratories at district & state levels are opened for general public to test the water at nominal rate. Community is being encouraged for surveillance of water quality. PHE Department is facilitating to empower and engage with the community. For this, activities are planned like timely procurement and supply of field test kits to the community, identification of at least five women in every village for community engagement, training women on how to use the Field Test Kits and reporting the test result findings. In 2020-21, Arunachal Pradesh has undertaken 83.4% chemical tests of water sources and 91.8% tests at delivery points. They have undertaken 100% chemical and bacteriological tests for schools and anganwadi centres. The State was asked to get NABL accreditation for its water testing laboratories, so that people can get water tests done at nominal rates.
The Annual Action Plan stresses on drinking water source strengthening/ augmentation, water supply, grey water treatment & reuse, and operation and maintenance of in-village water supply system. The State plans intense skill training of State and district programme management unit staff, ISA team, Village Water and Sanitation Committee and Pani Samiti members. About 5 thousand personnel in the State will be trained as mason, plumber and electrician. This trained manpower will in turn be used to build the water supply infrastructure as well as for their operation and maintenance.
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