Emphasis was laid at a regional conference on Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) here on Friday on evolving the community ownership of water supply infrastructure and service delivery to ensure its long-term sustainability. The rural communities should be engaged in the water supply schemes from the planning stage, instead of their “retrospective involvement”, said the participants.
The Ministers and officers from eight States and three Union Territories attended the conference held here to review the progress achieved and determine the way forward under the JJM and Swachh Bharat Mission-Grameen. Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat presided.
The JJM envisages supply of safe and adequate drinking water through tap connections to all households in the rural areas of the country by 2024. A target has been set for supplying 55 litres of water per person per day to every household in the villages, where the people have been facing scarcity of water.
