MINUTES OF THE 1st MEETING OF STATE LEVEL SCHEME SANCTIONING COMMITTEE OF STATE WATER AND SANITATION MISSION FOR THE YEAR 2019-20 HELD UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF SECRETARY (IPH) TO THE GOVT. OF H.P. ON 6TH SEPTEMBER, 2019. The Ist meeting of State Level Scheme Sanctioning Committee (SLSSC) of State Water & Sanitation Mission was held in NIC Conference Hall H.P. Secretariat, Shimla-2 at 11 A.M. on 6th September ,2019 under the Chairmanship of Secretary IPH. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS IS ATTACHED AS ANNEXURE- 1. At the onset of the meeting the Member Secretary welcomed the Chairman and the participants to the meeting. He apprised the members about the Jal Jeevan Mission which has recently being launched by the Government of India.Thereafter the items of the agenda taken up for discussion as under: AGENDA ITEM NO. 1 The minutes of the second meeting of SLSSC held on 21.7.2018 were confirmed. AGENDA ITEM NO. 2 The Chairman and the committee was apprised that Estimates/DPRs amounting to Rs. 197342.3 Lakh had been received under the Jal Jeevan Mission for approval of the SLSSC wherein 269 schemes have been proposed to be approved with 345652 House Holds in 10593 habitations. The DPRs as per Annexure “A” had been prepared in detail as per the Jal Jeevan Mission norms. The DPRs as per the Annexure “B” have been framed to increase the service level and provide Functional Households Tap Connections mostly to existing /ongoing schemes after proposing some retrofitting. The DPRs as per Annexure “C” were not fully framed as per the JJM norms. Hence were required to be reframed. It was decided to accord performa approval to the DPRs under Annexure “A” and “B” and the approval of the SLSSC will be subject to the conditions in Annexure “D”as the JJM guidelines are yet to be notified by Government of India.The list of schemes for which profoma approval is being accorded is enclosed herewith as Annexure -2. AGENDA ITEM NO. 3.1 The committee approved the appointment of the State Consultant (HRD and IEC) with essential qualification Post Graduate Degree in Microbiology/Bio -Technologywith fixed monthly emoluments of Rs. 30000/-. AGENDA ITEM NO. 3.2 The committee approved the appointment of Block Resource Coordinator by selecting an out sourcing agency for which tenders have been invited by Member Secretary (DWSM)cum-Executive Engineer IPH Division Shimla-9 after getting approval of competent authority. AGENDA ITEM NO. 3.3 It was decided that the amount of Rs. 4.98 Crore which has accumulated on account of interest in DWSM, Account of Shimla District should be utilized to undertake sustainability and water quality works. The proposals for the same should be put up separately to the competent authority. AGENDA ITEM NO. 3.4 The committee approved to appoint one Accountant, two TSPs in the office of Assistant Controller (F&A) who has been nominated as Nodal Officer for coordination of PFMS. AGENDA ITEM NO. 3.5 Decision taken report on ATR on Agenda item of SLSSC held on 02- 02-2018/21-07-2018: (I) Payment to PEC University, Chandigarh as State Technical Agency: As Action has been taken in this regard therefore it was decided to drop the item. (II) Proposal for State Training Centre, Mandi as National Key Resource Centre of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation (MDWS), GoI: As the proposal stands submitted to Govt. of India therefore it was decided to drop the item. (III) Repair and Maintenance of Hostel building of State Training Centre, Dhangsidhar, Mandi: As the work is under progress therefore the item was dropped. (IV) Sanctioning of one post of Junior Engineer (Civil) and one no. Night Chowkidar at STC, Mandi: The Chowkidar has been engaged through outsourcing. therefore the item was dropped. (V) Review of Physical and Financial Progress for the FY 2018-19 (Support and WQMS): The physical and financial progress for support and WQMS activities for the FY 2018-19 was reviewed hence the item was dropped. (VI) Approval of enhancement in the emolument of outsourced staff i.e. Block Coordinators under Block Resource Centre: As the decision has been implemented therefore the item was dropped. (VII) Approval for the enhancement in the emoluments of Consultant (WQMS) at State level : It was decided that the proposal may be submitted separately therefore the item was dropped. (VIII) Regarding increase in the monthly salary of Computer Operator ,TSP cum Computer Operator/ Data Entry Operator outsourced through NIELIT, Shimla and District Consultant (chemist) working in DWSM on contract basis: As the decision has been implemented therefore the item was dropped. AGENDA ITEM NO. 4 Action Plan for the year 2019-20 under NRDWP (Support and WQMS Funds) was also approved amounting to Rs. 1158.56 Lakh however it was observed that the Action Plan will be reframed to meet the Jal Jeevan Mission guidelines after the same are notified by the Government of India. AGENDA ITEM NO. 5 The committee approved the extension of the annual contract of the staff placed under IPH, WSSO and DWSM for the Financial Year 2019-20. The detail of this staff whose contract is to be extended is as under:- Sr. Designation & Mode of No. of Date of expiry of No. place of posting Appointment persons present contract period 1. Programmer, Office Contractual 1 31-03-2019 of the E-in-C(IPH) 2 Data Entry Contractual 2 31-03-2019 Operators , Office of the E-in-C(IPH) 3 Accountant, Contractual 9 31-03-2019 DWSMs (8 Nos.) and STC, Mandi (1no.) 4 Consultant Contractual 11 31-03-2019 (Chemist), DWSMs 5 Consultant Contractual 1 31-08-2019 (Chemist), DWSMs, Keylong, Lahaul&Spiti 6 State Consultant Contractual 1 31-03-2019 (WQMS), WSSO,HQ 7 Chowkidar cum Contractual 1 31-03-2019 Sweeper, WSSO, HQ AGENDA ITEM NO. 6 (Additional Item) The Chief Engineers intimated that some of the Detailed Project Reports had not been included in the Agenda Item No. 2 as they were delayed in processing hence requested that proforma approval of these DPRs may also be accorded. The committee decided to accord approval to these additional DPRs enclosed at Annexure 3. The Chairman observed that the DPRs should be taken up after proper analysis of the requirement of water in the field. He stressed that work should also be taken in hand to achieve the Annual Targets fixed under Jal Jeevan Mission. He advised that a MOU should be evolved to involve the participation of Gram Panchayats for community contribution towards capital cost and taking over the schemes for O&M after completion. He stressed the need for data analysis so that the trends regarding the water availability and water quality can be accessed. The meeting ended with vote of thanks to and from the Chairman. Member Secretary Cum Engineer-in – Chief IPH Department, Jal Shakti Bhawan, Shimla -5 Annexure – 1 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS PRESENT IN THE SLSSC MEETING HELD ON DATED 6. 9.2019. Sr. No. Name of Officers Designation 1 Er. Naveen Puri Engineer-In-Chief (I&PH) 2 Er. Hari Pal Singh Chief Engineer (WSSO) 3 Er. J.S. Sodhi Chief Engineer (S/Zone) 4 Er. Sushil Justa Chief Engineer (D/ Zone) 5 Er. B.S. Rana Chief Engineer (H /Zone) 6 Er. Rakesh Mahajan Chief Engineer (M /Zone) 7 Sh. Gopal Singh Special Secy. (IPH) 8 Er. Anil Mehta Superintending Engineer (P&I-I) 9 Dr. Uri Tyagi OSD to Director of Health and Science 10 Er. Rupen Sehgal State Project Engineer, RMSA Deptt of Education 11 Sh. Manoj Kumar Dy. Director CWC ,Shimla 12 Sh. B.R. Verma A.D.- II CWC, Shimla 13 Er. Bharat Bhushan Goyal Executive Engineer (P&I-I) 14 Er. Vishali Vig Assistant Engineer (P&I-I) List of Schemes Approved as per Agenda Item-2 Sr. No District Circle Name of Scheme Name of Habitation Ultimate Total FHTC already Balance FHTC to Target for Population Household provided be provided the Year 2019- 20 Total SC ST Providing Multi Villages pipes Water Supply Scheme for Kutlehar 1 Una Una Constituency in Dhundla block & part of Una and Amb block District Una 178 38922 10456 165 7069 1169 5900 8196 DPR for providing household connection by the Ministryof Jal Shakti "Har Ghar Nal Se Jal" for habitations under LWSS Aman, Hamirpur Hamirpur 2 LWSS Kachoti & LWSS Ser Mehal in Tehsil Bhoranj Distt Hamirpur HP. 35 9591 2769 0 1810 883 927 927 3 Hamirpur Hamirpur Imp.of LWSS Bir Bagehara 8 2547 1031 0 475 315 160 80 4 Hamirpur Hamirpur LWSS Khola Kaloor 26 4572 454 13 999 590 409 204 5 Hamirpur Hamirpur LWSS Paniyala Rangas 20 1560 245 248 270 65 205 102 6 Hamirpur Hamirpur LWSS KKCC 62 5103 1030 3 1654 761 893 7 Hamirpur Hamirpur LWSS Sai Matwar 51 6641 1190 0 1788 703 1085 8 Hamirpur Nadaun LWSS Tillu Jalari 31 9790 1724 24 1744 1547 197 98 9 Hamirpur Hmr LWSS Dugha Panjali LWSS Kallar Katochian LWSS Lambloo LWSS Bharin Bhalera LWSS Kangroo Gasota LWSS Bhalla Jamali Mandir LWSS Thana Gummer 81 30721 7454 0 7112 5122 1990 0 Improvement of LWSS, Patlander, LWSS kasiri Mahadev, LWSS 10 Hamirpur Hamirpur Duhak, LWSS Dhail, LWSS Chabutra, LWSS Banal and LWSS Karara from river Beas in Distt. Hamirpur. 206 35543 6628 0 6958 5843 1115 558 List of Schemes Approved as per Agenda Item-2 Sr. No District Circle Name of Scheme Name of Habitation Ultimate Total FHTC already Balance FHTC to Target for Population Household provided be provided the Year 2019- 20 Total SC ST Providing house hold connection by the Ministry of Jal Shakti "Har Ghar Nal Se Jal" For Providing LWSS to Harizen Basti 11 Hamirpur Hamirpur Kathalwin under LWSS Karohta in Tehsil Bhoranj Distt Hamirprur.