Jal-Shakti Campaign making rapid, successful strides due to public participation : PM

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New Delhi : In his “Mann Ki Baat” programme on January 26, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Jal Shakti Campaign is making rapid and successful strides with the aid of public participation. He shared few extensive and innovative water conservation efforts underway in every corner of the country.

Mentioning about Jalore district in Rajasthan, PM Modi said, “There, two historical step wells had turned into storehouses of garbage and dirty water. But one fine day, hundreds of people from Bhadraayun and Thanawala Panchayats took a resolve to rejuvenate them under the Jal Shakti Campaign. Much before the rains, people immersed themselves in the task of cleaning out the accumulated filthy water, garbage and morass. For this campaign, some donated money and others their labour and sweat. As a result, these step wells have turned into their lifelines now”.

Similarly, Saraahi Lake in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, was brought to life by the collective efforts of villagers, the PM said, according to a PIB release. Another example of Public participation is village Suniyakot along the Almora-Haldwani Highway in Uttarakhand.  Here villagers took it upon themselves to ensure that water reached their village. People raised money, donated labour. A pipe was laid up to the village and a pumping station was set up. Thus decade old problem of water crisis was solved, the PM said.

The Prime Minister urged everyone to share their stories of such endeavours of water conservation and water harvesting by using #Jalshakti4India. Jal Shakti Abhiyan, a campaign for water conservation and water security, commenced last monsoon in July, 2019.  The campaign focusses on water stressed districts and blocks.