Assam: Steet Play Showcased to Spread Awareness About Jal Jeevan Mission

MANKACHAR: The public health engineering department of the state carried out an awareness campaign regarding the implementation Jal Jeevan Mission on Thursday.

The public health engineering department of the South Salmara Mankachar district of Assam undertook this initiative. The Tumoni High School of the South Salmara constituency of the state was also associated with this campaign. The authorities organised a street play to spread awareness about the initiative.

The mentioned street play was showcased with the aim of making people aware of how they can have access to clean water because of the Jal Jeevan Mission. The play also mentioned the importance of clean drinking water for avoiding several ailments.

Meanwhile, the Lakhimpur district unit of the All Assam Unemployed Association has alleged corruption with regard to the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission schemes in the district. In this connection, the organization, which represents the unemployed youths of the State, submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday demanding a probe into the corrupted schemes.

Notably, a total of 172 water supply schemes under JJM have been completed in the Lakhimpur district. In the memorandum, while addressing the Chief Minister, Lakhimpur district unit AAUA president Binod Das and secretary Bhupen Sonowal said, “Our organization has noticed indulgence of massive corruption with regard to implementation of JJM schemes in Lakhimpur district. Though a total of 172 water supply schemes under JJM have been completed in the district, the beneficiaries have not been potent enough to get pure drinking water from most of them.”

In support of the allegation, the organization cited the Karigaon Water Supply Scheme under JJM, located at Madhya Nowboicha Gaon Panchayat under Nowboicha Development Block. “Targeting a total of 131 beneficiary families, a fund amounting to Rs. 1,05,81,000 was allotted to the Karigaon JJM water supply scheme, set up at Madhya Nowboicha GP under Nowboicha Development Block. The scheme was inaugurated on June 7, but the beneficiaries have still been unable to get drinking water from the scheme concerned,” Binod Das and Bhupen Sonowal said in the memorandum.

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