Under Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan, the flagship programme of State Government, as many as 432 villages in Nagpur district have created sufficient water reserves and have become ‘water-neutral’. With the stupendous performance, Nagpur district has topped Nagpur Division in implementation of the scheme.
Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan was implemented effectively in 2015-16 to mitigate the problem of drinking water along with the objective of creating enough water reserves in villages in rained areas. The very first year, 2015-16, saw several organizations joining the Government in the initiative. People also participated whole-heatedly. In all, 313 villages were selected under the flagship programme. Accordingly, total 5,041 works related to soil and water conservation were completed. Desilting of nullahs and lakes made available 61.88 lakh cubic meters of fertile layer of soil for the farmers.
During a recently held review meeting at Wardha, Water Conservation Minister Prof Ram Shinde took stock of the works done in Nagpur Division under the initiative. He appreciated the works done in Nagpur district, and also honored the district officials for their best performance in Nagpur Division.
Art of Living completed the task of deepening of nullah stretch of 22 kms in three villages in Hingna tehsil. It has completed the work that is estimated to be worth Rs 1.32 crore. A fund of Rs 17 lakh has been made available from Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jalbhoomi Sandharan Abhiyan.
In 2016-17, of the selected 185 villages, 119 have become water-neutral. A total of 2,915 works have been done in these villages, resulting in creation of water storage of 22,658 TMC. It will be useful in providing protective
irrigation to 7,392 hectares of agricultural land. An amount of Rs 72 crore has been spent on these works.
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Buoyed with the success so far, the administration has selected 220 villages for implementation of Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan in the current year 2017-18. The administration has proposed 3,419 works of which around 70 per cent are of area development and remaining are of drainage-line treatment.
