Context: National Jal Jeevan Mission has reached out to all States/ UTs for rolling out of sensor based IoT solution to measure and monitor water supply in rural areas.

National Jal Jeevan Mission

• This is a noble initiative to ensure water service delivery in rural homes by addressing various issues that cause disruption in water supply on regular basis.
• Digitisation of water supply infrastructure has the potential to help the Gram Panchayats as 'local public utility'. More importantly, it will help anticipate and address future challenges.

• Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) focuses on water service delivery at the household level, i.e. supply of 55 lpcd of water of prescribed quality on a regular and long-term basis.
• Under the Mission Gram Panchayat or its sub-committee, i.e. Village Water & Sanitation Committee/ Pani Samiti are required to function as a ‘local public utility’ for drinking water management, water service delivery, grey water treatment & reuse, and take care of operation and maintenance of in-village water supply infrastructure for assured drinking water supplyto every rural household on regular and long-term basis.

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1719104

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