*Reviews implementation of SBM(G)
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 23: In a first, Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today virtually toured the sites of a number of works being carried out under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). He took first hand appraisal of dozens of works being under progress in different districts of the UT under this national mission.
The meeting was also attended by Principal Secretary, Jal Shakti Department; CEO JJM; Chief Engineers of Jal Shakti Kashmir/Jammu and other concerned officers of the department.
The Chief Secretary virtually toured different sites where work was in progress and enquired from the field staff like AEEs and JEs about the pace and progress of work. He also asked them about the technicalities involved in execution of their respective works.
Dr Mehta impressed upon all these officers and officials to ensure that quality machinery is installed at all these sites including in borewells, digwells, Filtration plants, Over Head Tanks (OHTs) and other infrastructure created under the mission. He observed that there should be no compromise on quality and each item used should be as per the set specifications.
The Chief Secretary stressed on enhancing the capacity of all the field staff to efficiently manage these assets. He observed that each of them should be well aware about the quality and proportion of chemicals used for filtration of drinking water besides the best techniques of managing these infrastructure for the overall benefit of the households drinking this potable water.
Meanwhile, in a meeting held to review the implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) in the UT the Chief Secretary impressed upon the officers of the Rural Development Department (RDD) to create the reliable assets for making our villages healthy and clean.
The meeting was attended by the Commissioner Secretary, RDD; all the Deputy Commissioners and Directors of RDD and Rural Sanitation. Outstation based officers participated in the meeting through video conferencing.
He underscored the need of reaching to all the deserving households so that no household is left behind without having the requisite infrastructure for disposal of domestic waste materials. He asked the officers to fully involve the local PRIs in the effective implementation of this mission.
Dr Mehta was informed by the CS, RDD that out of Rs 4915.86 lakhs released under this Swachhta mission an expenditure of about Rs 2366.21 has been made during the ensuing financial year in the UT.
It was further revealed that a target of some 1600 Community Sanitary Complexes, 3017 Solid Waste and Liquid Waste Management units each, 19 Plastic Waste Management, 30 Gobardhan Units and 6 Faecal Sludge Management units have to be constructed across the districts of J&K.
Similarly 3470 Community Compost Pits, 999 segregation bins, 8704 Community Soak pits, 5975 drainage facilities are being made available under the mission besides 19 vehicles for movement of waste for its proper disposal, as was learnt during the meeting
The meeting also discussed the annual targets for each district besides the possible dates of completion of each component. The meeting was apprised that with the culmination of this mission each of the village is going to secure the ODF plus status as all the facilities are going to be provided to the rural households under this national mission.
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