HAR GHAR GANGAJAL

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The Chief Minister of Bihar has launched the Har Ghar Gangajal project to provide Ganga water in Rajgir and Gaya.
- Unplanned and indiscriminate use of groundwater has lowered the water table and affected the quality of the water.
The government announced that every individual beneficiary will get 135 litres of water every day for drinking and domestic use.
- Presently it will be limited to the urban areas of Rajgir, Gaya, and Bodhgaya.
- Next year it will be expended to Nawada.
The water would be lifted only during the monsoon session when the Ganga has excess water; therefore, the diversion of the river water will not lead to a disturbance in its natural flow or potential changes in its course.
The excess water in the Ganga during the monsoon season will be treated, stored and piped to Rajgir, Gaya, and Bodhgaya regions.
The Project is part of the Bihar government’s Jal, Jeevan, Hariyali scheme.
- Under Jal, Jeevan, Hariyali scheme, the farmers of the state get subsidies from the state government to promote tree/ sapling plantation, construction of ponds, pokhras and irrigation of fields.
Online filters are to be installed near the intake well to ensure silt-free water enters the pump and pipeline, and therefore no erosion in the riverbed.
The scheme aims to;
- Provide relief to the people, especially during the dry sessions.
- Provide relief from the annual flooding of the Ganga.
- Help to reduce the impact of flooding along the banks of the river.

Related Scheme: Har Ghar Jal scheme has been initiated by the Union Government in 2019 under Jal Jeevan Mission to provide tap water to every rural household by 2024.

Jal Jeevan Mission

The Mission was launched on August 15, 2019.
Implemented by the Ministry of Jal Shakti
To provide safe and adequate drinking water through household tap connections by 2024 to all rural households and public institutions; Gram Panchayat building, Primary Schools, Anganwadi centre, Health and wellness centres, etc.

Features
The Mission ensures community participation and also includes an Awareness, Education and Communication Campaign.
Development of water supply infrastructure to provide tap water connection to every rural household.
Development of drinking water sources to ensure the long-term sustainability of the water supply system.
Other features; Providing training, establishing water quality laboratories, Strict water quality testing and surveillance, Promoting Research work, starting a knowledge centre, a programme for capacity building of communities, etc.

Jal Shakti Abhiyan

Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) is a time-bound, mission-mode water conservation campaign.
It was launched in March 2021 with the theme “Catch the rain, where it falls, when it falls”.
It aims to create appropriate rainwater harvesting structures in urban and rural areas of all the districts in the country with people's active participation.
During the campaign, officers, groundwater experts and scientists from the Government of India will work together with state and district officials in India’s most water-stressed districts for water conservation and water resource management.
The JSA aims at making water conservation a Jan Andolan through asset creation and extensive communication.

Important Steps by the Government for water management

The government of India launched Jal Shakti Abhiyan with a mission mode approach intended to improve water availability including groundwater conditions in the water-stressed blocks in India.
National Water Policy (2012) has been formulated by the Department of Water Resources for the conservation of rivers, river bodies and infrastructure in a scientifically planned manner through community participation.
Central Ground Water Authority has been constituted under the “Environment (Protection) Act, 1986” for regulation and control of groundwater development and management in the Country.
Master Plan for Artificial Recharge to Groundwater 2020 has been prepared in consultation with States/UTs.
Construction of watershed management structure under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana promotes water conservation and management, water harvesting, soil and moisture conservation, groundwater recharge, flood protection, and land development.
Atal Bhujal Yojana for sustainable management of groundwater with community participation is being taken up in the identified over-exploited and water-stressed areas in the States of Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.