Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that cooperation of Village Water and Sanitation Committee, Deendayal Samiti and self-help groups should be obtained in the operation and maintenance of drinking water schemes in villages. Users should be encouraged to obtain the contribution of prescribed percentage of the cost amount of Jal Jeevan Mission from them. The completion of works in 4019 villages declared as Har Ghar Jal in 52 districts of the state is an important achievement. The completion of works of water supply by the Prime Minister Shri Modi in the villages of the country is not a simple thing but it is a historic task of making an assured system of supply of clean drinking water to the houses which is one of the basic facilities of the citizens. By organising public programmes, water supply should be duly launched in villages declared as Har Ghar Jal.

Chief Minister Shri Chouhan was addressing the officers in the second session of Collectors-Commissioners Conference by VC from Mantralaya today. The Chief Minister directed that the works of group water supply schemes, single village tap water schemes should be completed on time with quality. Retrofitting works of Ekal Gram Naljal Yojana which are in progress should be completed by March 31, 2022. Efforts should be made to connect more and more people and also public representatives virtually with the launch of completed schemes.

Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that as per the procedure laid down by the Government of India, physical verification of Har Ghar Jal villages, issue of certificates, photographs and videos should be uploaded on the website by organising Gram Sabhas. The Chief Minister said that public awareness is necessary so that the spouts of taps etc. do not break. The Panchayat Secretary and other representatives should provide support for the works and maintenance of the plan of Jal Jeevan Mission. It was informed in the conference that for the works of Jal Jeevan Mission, the Public Health Engineering Department has issued instructions to the field officers to complete all the works.