Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh Received a Certificate from the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti for its Excellent Performance in Jal Jeevan Survekshan 2023.

• 15 Sep 2023

Why In News?

On September 14, 2023, the Central Jal Shakti, Drinking Water and Sanitation Department honored Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh with a citation for its excellent work in the Jal Jeevan Survekshan 2023 under the Aspirational District.

Key Points

• It is noteworthy that providing pure drinking water to every villager in Narayanpur district, which has very difficult settlements, was a challenging task. For taking it forward successfully, the Central Government honored Narayanpur district under the Aspirational District.
• The aquatic life survey was conducted by the central government from October 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. In this, the work of Narayanpur district under the aspirational districts was found to be excellent.
• For this district, Jal Jeevan Mission had set a target of providing pure drinking water to 30 thousand 322 families. In this, tap connections have been provided to 18 thousand 72 houses. There are 14 villages where 100% families have been given connections.
• In the present situation, the state is achieving an average of 7000 domestic connections every day and 60 percent of the families have been given domestic connections. Till now, Har Ghar Jal certification for every household has been done in a total of 422 villages of the state.
• It is noteworthy that there are two development blocks in Narayanpur district, Orchha and Narayanpur. Most of the area of Orchha development block comes under Abujhmad, which is spread over an area of about 4 thousand square kilometers and is surrounded by mountains and dense forests. Survey of these areas has not been done yet.
• It is noteworthy that under Jal Jeevan Mission in the state, running water has been provided in total 43 thousand 974 schools (86.78 percent), 41 thousand 719 Anganwadi centers (83.39 percent) and 5246 health centers (97.86 percent) of the state. Running water facility has been provided in 100 percent i.e. 2470 ashram shalas of the state.
• The target of providing more than 70 percent household connections has been achieved in 7 districts of the state – Dhamtari, Raipur, Durg, Rajnandgaon, Mungeli, Janjgir-Champa and Sakti districts.
• Certification has been done by celebrating har ghar Jal Utsav in 6 villages in Narayanpur district. Under the efforts to provide water to every house in Narayanpur district, work is on completion in villages like Udidgaon, Gulumkodo, Kokodi, Kundla, Khadkagaon, Guria and Palli etc. in the inner villages of development block Orchha.