A Water Conservation Campaign

A Water Conservation Campaign 1 JAL SHAKTI 2 ABHIYAN CONTENTS

CONTEXT ...... 4

JAL SHAKTI ABHIYAN ...... 4

AREAS OF INTERVENTIONS ...... 5

INTERVENTION 1: Water conservation and rainwater harvesting ...... 6

INTERVENTION 2: Renovation of traditional and water bodies /tanks ...... 10

INTERVENTION 3: Watershed development ...... 15

INTERVENTION 4: Reuse and borewell recharge structures ...... 18

INTERVENTION 5: Intensive aff orestation ...... 23

DISTRICT WATER CONSERVATION PLAN ...... 29

ROLL-OUT PLAN ...... 32

MONITORING AND SUPPORT ...... 32

COMMUNICATION PLAN...... 33

ANNEXURE I ...... 34

ANNEXURE II ...... 36

ANNEXURE III ...... 38

CONTACT DETAILS ...... 42

A Water Conservation Campaign 3 CONTEXT JAL SHAKTI ABHIYAN

India has 17 percent of the world’s Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) is a time bound population and 4 percent of the world’s campaign with a mission mode approach freshwater resources ranking it among intended to improve conditions in around the top ten water rich countries. However, 1500 Blocks that are drought aff ected, the second most populated nation water stressed or over-exploited falling in the world is currently designated as in 254 districts with water conservation water stressed by Intergovernmental Panel related central programmes. 23 of these on Climate Change (IPCC) with current districts are aspirational districts. Designed utilizable freshwater much lower than in the lines of Gram Swaraj Abhiyan, JSA international standards. A 2017 study of is planned to be carried out in two phases. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the Phase I will be carried out between July 1 United Nations (FAO) shows India’s per and September 15, 2019 for all States. For capita storage capacity is signifi cantly low States/UTs with retreating monsoon namely where only 8% of annual rainfall is being Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, and stored. A major grain producer, India also Puducherry, the campaign shall be carried uses 3-5 times more water for crops than out between October 2 and November 30, China, US and Israel, which is considered 2019. disproportionate use of water per crop. During the campaign, senior off icers, Heavy dependence on groundwater, years of groundwater experts and scientists from defi cient rains and disproportionate demand the Government of India will work together for water due to rapid population increase, with State and District off icials in India’s urbanization and industrialization have put most water-stressed districts. JSA aims at considerable stress on water management. making water conservation and promotion of irrigation eff iciency a Jan-Andolan Inspired by the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s through asset creation and communication impetus on Jal Sanchay, Government of campaigns. India is launching the Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) to revive India back to a sustained system of water conservation and eff icient irrigation.

JAL SHAKTI 4 ABHIYAN AREAS OF INTERVENTIONS through initiatives like Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Melas Under this campaign, targeted activities ∠ Engagement of national level scientists shall be undertaken under 5 areas of and IITs to be mobilised intervention namely, (i) Water conservation and rainwater harvesting, (ii) Renovation Targeted communication shall be designed of traditional water bodies/tanks, (iii) to promote and achieve accelerated Reuse, borewell recharge structures, (iv) progress of the 5 identifi ed interventions. Watershed development, and (v) Intensive Special focus will be given to mobilise aff orestation. farmers and communities and encourage them to participate in the campaign. In addition, the following interventions will be carried out: These areas of intervention broadly fall ∠ Development of an integrated Block and under the mandate of Ministry of Jal Shakti, district water conservation plans which Ministry of Rural Development, Ministry will incorporate the district irrigation of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers plans Welfare, Ministry of Environment, Forests ∠ Promoting eff icient water use for and Climate Change, and Ministry of irrigation by shift ing to micro irrigation Housing and Urban Aff airs and will be the systems for water intensive crops concerned Ministries for implementing the through intensive use of IEC; and campaign. The Department of Drinking motivating farmers to move to better Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal choice of crops (More Crop per Drop) Shakti is the nodal department for the campaign.

A Water Conservation Campaign 5 INTERVENTION 1

Water conservation and rainwater harvesting

1.1. Background 1.2. Problems and Issues in Water Conservation and Water scarcity is a concern across parts of Rainwater Harvesting the country. Water availability per capita is reducing progressively due to increase in ∠ Spatial and temporal variation of rainfall population. The average annual per capita across the district water availability in the years 2001 and 2011 ∠ Encroachment and disuse of existing was assessed as 1820 cubic meters and 1545 water conservation structures cubic meters respectively which may reduce ∠ Large-scale growth of aquatic weeds further to 1341 and 1140 in the years 2025 displacing natural species and and 2050 respectively. Ground water levels chocking the water bodies leading to have fallen in many parts of the country, eutrophication and evaporation losses. which becomes acute in the summer ∠ Lack of enforcement of legal months. Increasing water demand and over instruments relating to rain water dependence on ground water for agriculture harvesting. and other uses coupled with inter-alia lack ∠ of (i) conscious water conservation and (ii) Lack of awareness about available rain water harvesting have decreased the technology options for community based harvesting of rain water availability of water. There is an urgent need to focus on water conservation measures ∠ Lack of people’s participation to sustain including rainwater harvesting to augment conservation activities since these are water resources. seen more a Government intervention than people’s participation.

JAL SHAKTI 6 ABHIYAN 1.3. Schemes having potential to identifi cation for eff ective water fi nance Water Conservation harvesting and recharging (technical and Rainwater Harvesting off icers to provide guidance) ∠ Inventorising and restoring existing ∠ MGNREGA and various forestry schemes water conservation structures (like gully help in taking up water storage and plugs, small check dams, staggered conservation structures in rural areas. trenches, ponds etc) at village level and ∠ State Government schemes for water undertake renovation and maintenance conservation under taken by Rural activities to improve their eff iciency and Development and Panchayati raj eff ectiveness. Departments. ∠ Development of additional water 1.4. Important notes about conservation structures. Water Conservation and ∠ Cleaning of wells and allowing the Rainwater Harvesting fi ltered rain water to be collected in it. ∠ Contour bunding and trenching in slopes ∠ Assessment of water availability and for water percolation to soil planning for type of conservation structure suiting local conditions. ∠ Construct rain water harvesting structures in panchayat buildings, ∠ Mobilizing local NGOs, industries, public schools, public health centres, college and school students and government buildings and other volunteers for undertaking the conservation works. ∠ Encourage construction of rain water harvesting at household levels through ∠ Geo-morphology based site IEC.

Village pond

A Water Conservation Campaign 7 ∠ Identifi cation of suitable sites for 1.5. Activities that can be taken construction of sub-surface Dykes to up under the intervention check the sub-base fl ow in rivers and streams. 1. Rooft op rainwater harvesting structures at Individual household level ∠ Improving the canal water distribution (warabandi) management and 2. Check dams eff iciency. 3. Trenches ∠ Eff ective watershed management 4. Farm Ponds involving contour trenching and nala plugging in hills and other appropriate water conservation and rain water- 1.6. Community led Water harvesting structures. Conservation and Rainwater Harvesting Models

Best Practices of Ground Water Harvesting1

Schematic diagram of rain water harvesting

Rainwater

Water pipe Water pipe

Dug well

Water table

1http://mowr.gov.in/sites/default/fi les/BP_NGO_0.pdf

JAL SHAKTI 8 ABHIYAN Checklist for off icers to evaluate Water Conservation and Rainwater Harvesting

Parameter Assessment

Inventorising the existing structures and No. of existing structures that are restored/ their restoration cannot be restored

Scientifi c identifi cation of locations for No. of sites identifi ed and works taken up diff erent water conservation structures

Increase in groundwater level if any between Ground water table baseline data and post Jal Shakti Abhiyan data based on reference well data

Diff erent water conservation and rain water No. of Structures against an approved plan harvesting activities/structures developed

Financial allocation and expenditure for diff erent water conservation and rain water Verifi cation of payment receipts harvesting activities

Increased capacity to be measured in Cubic Existing capacity of water bodies Meters

(Irrigation/Drinking water/Household use/ Use of the water bodies Livestock use etc.)

No. of drinking water sources which goes dry during summer and potential water No. of drinking water sources provided with conservation interventions that can be water conservation measures taken around these on priority

Awareness programme in the district around water conservation and rain water No. of Programmes to be conducted harvesting

A Water Conservation Campaign 9 INTERVENTION 2

Renovation of traditional and other water bodies /tanks

2.1. BACKGROUND serve as water conservation cum ground water recharge scheme. In addition to Water conservation for reliable and these, there are varied traditional water equitable irrigation is one of the most harvesting techniques that refl ect the powerful interventions, to double the geographical peculiarities and cultural farmer’s income and rural prosperity. As uniqueness of the regions. Many of these per the 5th Minor Irrigation Census of water bodies have gone into disuse Ministry of Jal Shakti (Department of Water because of the surge in ground water based Resources River Development and Ganga irrigation systems, inadequate maintenance, Rejuvenation), there are 5.92 lakh water encroachments, illegal diversion of land bodies providing surface fl ow irrigation. for construction purpose etc. Some of the The surface fl ow schemes typically consists key water harvesting bodies/structures and of tanks, check-dams, structures and can examples including tanks are as follows:

Type of Location in Use Pictures structure India

Rajasthan, Household level Tanka Gujarat water harvesting

JAL SHAKTI 10 ABHIYAN Type of Location in Use Pictures structure India

Rajasthan, Jhalara /Vav Water conservation Gujarat

Karnataka, Water conservation Odisha

Step well for water Bawdi Rajasthan collection

Storage of water at Panam Keni Kerala household level

Water conservation, Zabo Nagaland agriculture, animal care

Irrigation, groundwater Eri Tamil Nadu recharge and drinking water.

Artifi cial rivulets Ahar Pynes South Bihar for collection of water

Under the Jal Shakti Abhiyan, focused eff orts at district and block levels would be made to inventorize, restore and rejuvenate traditional as well as other water bodies and tanks with people’s participation.

A Water Conservation Campaign 11 2.2. Problems and Issues in of Water Resources River Development Renovation of traditional and Ganga Rejuvenation is an important intervention in ensuring the utilisation and other water bodies / of the full potential The scheme of tanks RRR of water bodies has become a part of - Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP) ∠ At the national level, Ground water component of PMKSY. The scheme based schemes are increasing but Surface water schemes are declining. emphasizes development of catchment areas, de-siltation and command ∠ Heavy silting of the tank bed and choked area development in respect of water up feeder channels largely due to lack of bodies. The RRR scheme in rural vegetation cover. areas is proposed to be implemented ∠ Shift from community based tank in convergence with the Integrated system to individual benefi ciary oriented Watershed Management Programme ground water dependent system. (IWMP), so that the catchment areas of the water body selected are located ∠ Leaking bunds and sluices and either in treated micro/mini watersheds dilapidated surplus weirs due to poor or those selected for treatment during maintenance. the next year or two.3 ∠ Deforestation, denudation and ∠ Repair, Restoration and Renovation (RRR) encroachments in the catchments areas including tank bunds. of water bodies, under Department of Water Resources River Development ∠ Indiscriminate use of tank beds as and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of dumping yards India. ∠ Lack of community ownership/people’s ∠ MGNREGA have provisions for participation to sustain conservation construction and/or repairs/ renovation/ activities since these are seen more a restoration and desilting of traditional Government intervention than people’s water bodies/tanks. participation. 2.4. Important notes about 2.3. Central Government Renovation of traditional Schemes having potential and other water bodies / to fi nance Renovation of traditional and other water tanks bodies /tanks ∠ Identify the number of water bodies owned by diff erent agencies (irrigation/ ∠ Under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Panchayat raj etc) Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY), the Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of ∠ Identify traditional tanks with district water bodies scheme of Department support

2http://pmksy-owr.nic.in/documents/RRR_PMKSY_Guidelines_2017.pdf 3Technical References: https://niti.gov.in/writereaddata/fi les/document_publication/BestPractices-in-Water-Management.pdf

JAL SHAKTI 12 ABHIYAN ∠ Inventorize such traditional waterbodies ∠ Regulations by local bodies to and other water bodies capturing their avoid encroachments and its strict geo-coordinates, sizes, water spread implementation. area, inlet channel details etc. 2.5. Activities to be taken up ∠ Select water bodies in such a way that watershed activities are taken up/likely under the intervention to be taken up in their catchment area. ∠ Restoration of large water bodies. ∠ Removal of encroachment and marking ∠ Inventory of all traditional water bodies/ of land boundaries. tanks ∠ Repair of conveyance systems and ∠ Restoration of traditional water bodies/ feeder channels and Strengthening of tanks bund(s) ∠ Periodical renovation of small water ∠ Repair of weirs and sluices (if bodies at Individual households level applicable)

∠ De-silting to increase tank storage 2.6. Community led models on capacity and use the silt in farms. Renovation of traditional Farmers can be encouraged to volunteer and other water bodies / for this activity using their tractors/carts tanks etc.

∠ Improvement of catchment areas of Agriculture being the most important tank by undertaking watershed works activity in rural areas, there have been a (planting trees to arrest the soil erosion number of success stories in various states: leading to silting of water bodies, ∠ Parthad Gole Gram Panchayat, District ∠ Promotion of conjunctive use of surface Yavatmal (Case by VSTF)4 and groundwater (if groundwater is ∠ available) Gangadtalai, Rajasthan (Mukhyamantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan)5 ∠ Community participation through Water ∠ User Associations for post rejuvenation Water by the pondful (Sujalam Sufalam- sustainable management. Gujarat)6

∠ Awareness generation and Capacity ∠ Mission Kakatiya7 Building of communities, in better ∠ Adaptive Water Management in Mandli water management and development of village , Rajasthan.8 tourism, cultural activities, etc.

4https://www.mvstf .org/cdn//2018/07/180706083709_82588aa5a2052242e8c047434f8cd4a1.pdf 5http://mjsa.water.rajasthan.gov.in/mjsa/photogallery0/success-mjsa-ii--banswara.html 6https://www.governancenow.com/news/regular-story/water-by-the-pondful 7https://missionkakatiya.cgg.gov.in/paperNews/MKpaperNews1516682001817.JPG 8https://yourstory.com/2015/02/jbf-water-management/

A Water Conservation Campaign 13 2.7. Checklist for offi cers to evaluate Renovation of traditional and other water bodies /tanks

Off icials visiting fi eld may use following broad checklist for gathering District/ Block/ Village level information:

Parameter Assessment

Data from the Minor Irrigation Number of water bodies census/District

Current irrigation capacity of the waterbody against Field verifi cation of samples the original design

No. of existing structures that Inventorising the existing structures and their are restored/cannot be restored restoration (inventory at district level)

How many structures are defunct and unusable and Field verifi cation reasons

Details of work (desilting area, Whether RRR undertaken? Status of progress quantity of silt in CuM, water against DPR storage created etc.)

Number of water bodies in which catchment area Eg. IWMP MIS treatment works have started

Cost of developing the traditional structure Unit cost per type of water body

Capacity building and awarenss generation activities List of number of programmes undertaken or not

Number of Water User Associations formed as part of sustainable operation and Mainteance of Field verifi cation. structures (O&M)

2.8. Possible Models of Renovation of traditional and other water bodies /tanks

Any of the community led models mentioned in para 3.7 or indigenous models.

JAL SHAKTI 14 ABHIYAN INTERVENTION 3

Watershed development

3.1. Background 3.2. Problems and Issues in Watershed Development Watershed is the area of land that drains water into a specifi c receiving water body, Watershed development programmes in India face the following challenges: such as a lake or a river. Watershed is a hydrological and socio-ecological unit, ∠ Lack of community participation, poor which plays a crucial role in provisioning capacities and institution building of environmental services to the rural ∠ Poor operation and maintenance of soil 9 people. Watershed management is a water conservation structures participatory approach of integrated land ∠ Changing climate and rainfall patterns and use and water management to protect and linked water scarcity improve quality and productivity of soil, ∠ Over extraction and depletion of surface water, forests, livestock and livelihoods. and ground water sources Watershed management follows a ridge to ∠ valley approach10. Watershed management Lack of protective irrigation amidst water intensive cropping pattern involves in situ soil and water conservation, ∠ water resource development through Depleting drinking water sources drainage line treatments, productivity ∠ Soil erosion, land degradation and low enhancement, livelihood strengthening and productivity of crop land capacity building. Awareness generation ∠ Lack of alternate livelihood opportunities and community based institution building and resultant migration by way of Watershed Development ∠ Depletion and degradation of ridge area Committees is also an integral part of forest resources watershed management. ∠ Lack of availability of fodder and fuel for livestock

9Common guidelines for watershed development projects, GoI 2008-https://dolr.gov.in/sites/default/fi les/CommonGuidelines2008.pdf 10https://dolr.gov.in/sites/default/fi les/CommonGuidelines2008.pdf

A Water Conservation Campaign 15 3.3. Central Government ∠ Agriculture productivity enhancement Schemes having potential activities through promoting water saving techniques, drought resilient crops etc. to fi nance Watershed ∠ Develop Natural Resource Management Development based livelihood opportunities ∠ Integrated Watershed Management Implement Awareness campaign for Programme (IWMP11) under the Department water demand management, its optimal of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural use, adopting water saving practices and Development, Government of India- (This technologies programme is currently subsumed under ∠ Capacity strengthening of community PMKSY) institutions and PRIs for better management and supkeep of the assets areated. 3.4. Important facts about Watershed Development 3.5. Activities that can be taken ∠ In situ soil and moisture conservation up under the intervention through land/area and drainageline ∠ Staggered trenches treatment ∠ Gully Plugs ∠ Land/area treatement through ∠ aff orestation, percolation tanks, terracing, Percolation tanks vegetative barriers, summer ploughing etc. 3.6. Community led models on ∠ Drainage line treatment through Watershed Development construction of check dams, earthen ∠ Best Practices/Innovations/Case Studies bunds. percolation tanks, sunken pits etc. uploaded by States12 ∠ Promote artifi cial ground water recharge ∠ Hiware Bazar - A case study on village structures and rain water harvesting water management13 ∠ Best Practices in IWPM14

11http://iwmpmis.nic.in/reportWelcome.html 12http://iwmpmis.nic.in/mainPage.jsp?requestAction=UserUploadDetailsReportofSLNA 13http://www.indiawaterportal.org/sites/indiawaterportal.org/fi les/hiwarebazar_0.pdf 14http://watershed.cg.gov.in/success%20story/award_winning_story.pdf

JAL SHAKTI 16 ABHIYAN 3.7. Checklist for offi cers to evaluate Watershed Development;

Off icials visiting fi eld may use following broad checklist for gathering District/ Block/ Village level information:

Parameter Assessment

Number of Watersheds Implemented and stage of watershed implementation Detailed Project Report of the Watershed/ (Preparatory phase/work phase/ District Plan withdrawal phase)

Area under the watershed Ha Watershed map

Area treatment activities planned and Work and payment registers activities undertaken.

Area treatment activities planned and Work and payment registers activities undertaken.

Ground water improvement in watersheds at advanced stages of Based on reference well data implementation

Livelihood activities planned and Work and payment registers implemented for the landless poor

Review of the minutes of meeting and Level of Community Participation frequency of meeting

No. of awareness programmes organized, No. Level of Community Capacities and of watershed development committees formed Institution Building (Watershed with operations and management (O&M ) committees) funds.

3.8. Possible Models of Watershed Development

∠ The most common watershed development model is the participatory watershed management model following a ridge to valley approach.

A Water Conservation Campaign 17 INTERVENTION 4

Reuse and borewell recharge structures

4.1 Background non-potable (non-drinking) activities. Additionally, untreated grey water is Reuse of water is a very important otherwise a wasted resource that if treated intervention to mitigate eff ects of depleting and managed eff ectively, can be used to water availability. Water used once can provide relief from acute water stress as in many cases be reused for multiple well as reduce water borne diseases in purposes. Used water can also be used many parts of India. eff ectively to recharge ground water. An important concept is of Grey water. Grey 4.2 Problems and Issues water includes water that comes out from aft er bathing, kitchen use, laundry etc in Reuse and Borewell devoid of feco-urine contamination. In recharge structures most villages of India, the average supply There has been several issues and problems of water is between 40 litres per capita identifi ed to the management of grey water per day (lpcd) to 55 lpcd (Average say 50 at the HH and community level. In general, lpcd). Of the total available water, only there is a belief that once water is used and 30-35% is consumed while the remaining fl ows out it cannot be reused. Some of the 65% to 70% of the total water is converted specifi c issues are: into grey water. Thus, on an average, one ∠ Lack of awareness at household and rural household of 5-6 members generates community level about potential of used 150 litres of grey water daily. Thus, rural water towards ground water recharging India on an average generates about and technologies therein. 31,000 Million litres of grey water daily. In India, from each HH a huge quantum of ∠ Reluctance in the use of grey water due grey water is generated, which if treated to socio-cultural norms, beliefs and appropriately can be reused for several practices.

JAL SHAKTI 18 ABHIYAN ∠ Currently emphasis is given on grey water and handpump/borewell construction of drainage systems to excess fl ow for water recharge while carry grey water out of habitations also keeping the environment clean without providing a specific ischarged ∠ point or treatment facility Schemes under watershed, forestry, irrigation and agriculture programmes ∠ Discharge of black water of septic include interventions that promote point tanks directly into the open drains contaminating the grey water and recharge making it unsuitable of easy reuse 4.4 Important facts about Reuse ∠ Lack of institutional support at the Gram Panchayat level to support and and Borewell recharge popularise grey water management structures technologies, awareness generation and implementation. Grey water management and fresh water ∠ Lack of operation and maintenance of augmentation is based on the 4Rs concept: HH and community level grey water Reduce, Recycle, Recuperate and Recover. management systems The community along with planners and implementers need to initiate simple water 4.3 Central Government conservation methods to protect water Schemes having potential to sources from drying up and also build fi nance Reuse and Borewell structures at household (HH) level and recharge structures community levels for reuse of grey water and its use for point recharging. ∠ Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin): Depending on the size of the Gram A three-pronged strategy can be panchayat, between Rs 8 lakh and Rs adopted: 20 lakh is available for solid liquid and ∠ Promote grey water management at waste management (SLWM) activities HH level and community level through including grey water management construction of simple structures, in ∠ MGNREGS: Construction of community and around homes and public places level grey water treatment and ground specifi cally around water sources water recharge structures can be ∠ Awareness and capacity building at funded from this scheme. This can be community level to address behavioural included as part of the Gram Panchayat barriers regarding water reuse and development plan (GPDP) on importance of grey water and its ∠ NRDWP and SWAJAL: The National eff ective management Rural Drinking Water Programme ∠ Renovate and protect all existing and the Swajal programmes ensures traditional surface water sources to water safety and promotes improved improve recharge, thus supplementing environment around drinking water use of groundwater for irrigation sources. This can be used in managing purpose.

A Water Conservation Campaign 19 4.5 Activities to be undertaken 4.6. Community led models under the Intervention on Reuse and Borewell recharge structures ∠ Construction of bore well recharge structures ∠ Manual on Artifi cal Recharge of Ground Water-by Central Ground Water Board15; ∠ Construction of individual and ∠ community soak pits Construction of 2168 Soak Pits in Sitamarhi district of Bihar for Grey ∠ Construction of Greywater treatment Water Management and Water recharge ponds across institutions: Recorded in Limca Book of Records, 201616.

4.7 Checklist for offi cers to evaluate Reuse and Borewell recharge structures

Off icials visiting fi eld may use following broad checklist for gathering District/ Block/ Village level information:

Parameter Assessment

Water Demand-Supply gap per capita Volumes in lpcd

Grey water generation potential District level grey water volumes

Eff ectiveness of technology for grey water Technology adoption rate and cost eff ectiveness treatment for reuse

Major point recharge structures found Number of structures

Water saving in terms of reduced use of ground Ground water recharge potential water

Awareness programme in the district No. of Programmes conducted around reuse and point recharge

Potential use of treated grey water Agriculture, Irrigation, Household etc.

Major bottle necks in the grey water reuse Community consultation/discussion

15http://cgwb.gov.in/documents/Manual%20on%20Artifi cial%20Recharge%20of%20Ground%20Water.pdf 16https://www.thebetterindia.com/55898/water-conservation-bihar-soak-pits-sitamarhi/

JAL SHAKTI 20 ABHIYAN 4.8 Possible Models of Reuse 2. Soak pit/Magic pit and Borewell recharge The soak pit/magic pit is one of the cost- structures eff ective options that can be adopted in each HH and at community water sources There are many options to manage this for easy management of grey water. The grey water at the HH and community level. magic pit is a pit technology option where The most common of them are; pre-settled effluent from a Collection & Storage/ Treatment or (Semi-) Centralized At HH level At Community Level Treatment technology is discharged to the underground chamber from which it 1. Use in 1. Recharge structures infiltrates into the surrounding soil. The soak Kitchen near the bore wells. pit/magic pit initiative not only helps to Garden 2. Construction of support recharging of ground water table 2. Ground soak pits/magic but also keeps the environment clean and water pits at community hygienic. recharge level for grey water through management. soak pits 3. Construction of grey water treatment ponds.

1. Kitchen gardens

Grey water can be used in kitchen gardens with a little bit of precaution and can easily be constructed in all HHs. An Nhani trap, silt chamber and storage tank is required to use the grey water in kitchen garden for 3. Bore Well Recharge Structure agricultural purposes. The bore well recharge structure is constructed through the twin ring method.

A Water Conservation Campaign 21 season the water fl ows from the pond into the fi rst empty well where it percolates down through the fi ltration material and subsequently up into the second well. It then enters through the pores and fi lters down into the underlying aquifer where it is stored for the following dry season.

4. Greywater Treatment Ponds

This is a series of basins or ponds located at a suitable site away from the human habitation, where grey water is treated. The grey water is brought to these ponds through covered drains. The treatment is The method is simple, eff icient and cost natural and involves: 1) Sedimentation or eff ective. In this method a pond is made settling of solids in the waste water, and near to the bore well site and a pit is dug 2) Degradation process involving bacteria, around the actual bore well casing. The algae, sunlight and oxygen which degrades bottom of this pit is lined with fi ltration the organics and utilizes the nutrients in material and a second pit is dug near to grey water and increases its usability. The the fi rst well. The dug well is connected system has three basic units called ponds, to the pond through a pipe. During rainy placed in series and characterized by their function such as:

∠ Anaerobic pond – one number

∠ Facultative pond – one number (function both as anaerobic and aerobic)

∠ Aerobic pond or maturation pond – one or more in number depending upon the impurities in the grey water

The treated water from the grey water stabilization pond can be used for agriculture or pisciculture (Fish rearing) depending upon the purity of water.

JAL SHAKTI 22 ABHIYAN INTERVENTION 5

Intensive afforestation

5.1 Background ∠ High preference to water intensive non-indigenous species and inadequate Forests are a crucial natural resource that soil and moisture conservation (SMC) plays a vital role in water conservation and activities is an area of concern. water retention in the soil. Forest Survey ∠ Participatory and community led of India report indicated that water bodies plantation and their protection and inside forests have increased by 2,647 maintenance is oft en inadequate to meet square km during last decade (2005 to the prevailing gaps. 2015). 5.3 Existing Central Govt Trees play an important role in intercepting Schemes that can be precipitation in the foliage, absorbing potential funding source for and fi ltering water that infi ltrates into the Afforestation soil. Trees also improve water quality by reducing soil erosion and preventing i. National Aff orestation Programme sediments chocking water bodies. (NAP)

The National Aff orestation and Eco- 5.2 Problems and Issues in Development Board (NAEB)17, under the Afforestation Ministry of Environment and Forests, is ∠ Deforestation and illicit felling of responsible for the fl agship scheme, the trees with reducing area under new National Aff orestation Programme (NAP). plantations is a concern and needs to be The scheme promotes aff orestation, tackled tree planting, ecological restoration

17http://naeb.nic.in/NAP_revised%20Guidelines%20English.pdf

A Water Conservation Campaign 23 and eco-development activities in the ∠ Promote planting of trees in forest and country. NAEB supports the district level non-forest (degraded lands in common Forest Development Agencies (FDAs) to and GP lands) areas and in farms and institutionalise Joint Forest Management homesteads and promote aff orestation. ∠ Promote planting of a minimum number ii. MGNREGS of trees by every household and local institutions like GPs, schools, colleges Funds are available for various forestry etc. schemes at the state and district level, ∠ under MNREGS and from other local funding Activate Schools and Youth groups like sources for forestry activities, which include Boy Scouts, Girls Guides, NYK, NSS, NCC in tree planting and protection  Pitting and planting of saplings management in communities with special focus on drinking water sources  Soil and Moisture Conservation and water bodies. activities ∠ Involve Self Help Groups (SHGs) to take iii. Green Highways Policy up greening of villages and SMC works

The Green Highways (Plantation, ∠ Institute District, Block and Gram Transplantation, Beautifi cation & Panchayat (GP) level awards for best Maintenance) Policy 2015, aims to plant HHs, best student/group, SHG, etc. for trees along all the highways in the country. tree planting.

5.4 Important facts about ∠ Districts to develop indigenous species nurseries to grow and Afforestation provide saplings at low cost to GPs, ∠ Prioritise planting of low water communities, institutions and HHs for demanding indigenous tree species. A planting. Resources to be mobilized by suggestive list is given below (Table 1). convergence for this on priority. ∠ ∠ Plantations to incorporate Soil and Live fencing of homesteads and Moisture Conservation (SMC) structures farmlands by planting trees may be like contour trenches, check dams, gully promoted under the Social Forestry plugs, etc. to increase survival in hilly wings of government in conjunction areas. with District panchayats ∠ ∠ Involvement of Village Forest Interventions that discourage use of tree wood as fuel and convergence with Management Committees (VFMC) in other government schemes that promote protecting and managing forests alternative fuel sources

JAL SHAKTI 24 ABHIYAN Planting stock in nursery Plantation with water harvesting structures in hilly areas

5.5 Activities that could be taken up under the intervention

∠ Plantation of trees consuming less water in public and forests lands

Community led Aff orestation Models a. Sukhomajri, Haryana- http://punenvis.nic.in/water/case1.htm b. Hiware bazaar, Maharashtra-https://kalpavriksh.org/hiware-bazar/

5.6 Checklist for offi cers to evaluate plantation

Parameter Assessment 1. Area under Plantation and  In Ha and In Numbers corresponding number of saplings 2. Quality of saplings (at least 3 feet)  Size of the sapling (greater than 3 feet) 3. Indigenous/Local species or not  Yes/No 4. Rate of Survival  Percentage 5. Water Availability  Frequency and Signs of Irrigation 6. Whether replacement done against  No. of blank pits the mortality 7. Protection mechanism adopted from  Fencing of individual plants or entire patch grazing and browsing done or not 8. General Condition of the Plantation  Overall assessment as good, bad average 9. Soil and Moisture Conservation  Number of structures /treatment to arrest Measures adopted (relevant in hilly water fl ow (trenches, gully plugs, Continuous tracts) Contour Trenches (CCT) 10. Community involvement in  Involvement of NGOs, Youth agencies/others maintaining and protecting plantation

A Water Conservation Campaign 25 5.7 Possible Models of ∠ Roadside plantations Afforestation ∠ Plantation in common village lands ∠ Plantations can be taken up in: Plantation around boundaries of the farm lands ∠ Degraded Forests ∠ Individual household plantation with ∠ Blanks in forest area fruit species.

Table 1 A suggestive list of trees that can be taken up in various zones for intensive aff orestation interaction

Zone Species Common Name

Azadirachta indica Neem Albizia procera White Siris or Saras Cassia fi stula Amaltas Moringa pterygosperma Drum stick tree, suhanjana Tamarindus indica Imli Central Albizia lebbeck Black Siris or Saras or Womans tongue tree Highlands Erythrina indica Coral tree Leucaena leucocephala Su Babool Mangifera indica Mango Pongamia glabra Indian Beech tree, Papdi Dalbergia sissoo Shisham, Tali

Acacia auriculiformis Ear leaf Acacia or Ear pod wattle Bauhinia variegate Kachnar Syzygium cumini Jamun Deccan Erythrina indica Coral tree Plateau Emblica off icinalis Aonla or Amla Azadirachta indica Neem Moringa oleifera Horseradish or Benzoil tree

JAL SHAKTI 26 ABHIYAN Zone Species Common Name Sicklebush, Bell mimosa, Chinese lantern Dichrostachys cinerea tree Crataeva religiosa Sacred garlic pear or temple plant Deccan Plateau Aegle marmelos Bel Tree Tamarindus indica Imli Bauhinia variegata Kachnar Bombax ceiba Semul cotton tree Tecomella undulata Rohida or Rohera Zizyphus jujuba Ber Chandigarh Tamarix orientalis tamarisk, salt cedar Jacaranda mimosifolia Blue Gulmohor Grevillea robusta Silver Oak Tamarindus indica Imli or Tamarind Michelia oblonga Alnus nepalensis Napalese Alder Butea monosperma Dhak, Flame of Forest Eastern Plains Albizzia lebbeck Black Siris or Saras or Womans tongue tree Grewia subinaequalis Falsa Bauhinia variegate Kachnar Sterculia urens Gum Karaya, Ghost tree Boswellia serrate Guggul Pithecellobium dulce Jungle Jalebi Cordia gharaf Saucer berry Syzygium cumini Jamun Pongamia pinnata Papdi Northern Zizyphus jujuba Ber Region Bauhinia variegate Kachnar Salvadora oleoides Peelu Sterculia urens Gum Karaya, Ghost tree Boswelli aserrata Guggul

A Water Conservation Campaign 27 Zone Species Common Name Cordia dichotoma Lasooda Prosopis cineraria Khejri or Khejdi Tecomella undulata Rohida or Rohera Murraya exotica Orange Jasmine Grewia subinaequalis Falsa Western India Capparis divaricata Pachunda, Turatti Lagerstroemia fl osreginae Pride of India, Jarul Bauhinia purpurea Kachnar Artocarpus heterophyllus Kathal, Jack fruit Dipterocarpus turbinatus Garjan

Moringa oleifera Drum stick tree, suhanjana Crataeva religiosa Sacred garlic pear Aegle marmelos Bel Patther Grewia disperma Falsa Tamarindus indica Imli, Tamarind Eastern Plateau Bauhinia variegata Kachnar Hiptagemadablota Madhavi, Helicopter fl ower Anthocephalus cadamba Kadamb Grewia disperma Falsa Cochlospermum Butter cup tree gossypium

JAL SHAKTI 28 ABHIYAN District water conservation plan

One of the major outputs of Jal Shakti Determine the functionality status of each Abhiyan is to develop district water of these structures. Conduct a functionality conservation plan. This is essentially assessment on how many structures are a strategy to conserve, recharge and functional and non-functional improve water use eff iciency.The District Water Conservation Plan is developed by Determine the feasibility of restoring the compilation of block level conservation non -functional structures with the cost plans, which is essentially the compilation assessment; this should be followed by of water conservation plans of respective identifi cation of schemes/programmes Gram Panchayats (GPs) within the block. under which the restoration can be taken Thus the template given below can be used up. This should be followed by fi xing annual to generate the plan for GP or block or targets, so that every structure which is district as the case may be. The formation non-functional and where a possibility of of District Water Conservation Plan will restoration exists, will be made functional involve following steps: in a time bound manner.

Identify all the concerned departments All government owned buildings should and engage them in water conservation have rainwater-harvesting structures. An e.g. Panchayati Raj (PR), drinking water, inventory of all the government buildings agriculture, irrigation, endowment boards yet to have rainwater harvesting structures etc. need to be developed.

Create an inventory of GP/block-wise Eff orts must be intensifi ed to motivate water harvesting and recharge structures owners of privately owned buildings to have with geo-tagging and other details of the water-harvesting structures. location along with the photographs.

A Water Conservation Campaign 29 Local self-governing institutions like Gram Pre-monsoon inspection of all the identifi ed Panchayats may come up with policy structures by the concerned department interventions like tax sops to incentivize and maintenance to be made mandatory. the owners of the buildings having water- The water conservation plan will be complete harvesting structures. only by shift ing to water use eff icient systems in every sector like treatment and re-use Ensure community involvement in the of waste water , water saving irrigation planning implementation and management practices(“per drop more crop”), drinking of structures water supply system meeting design standards (NRW leakages)etc.

Suggestive Template Water Conservation Plan

Water Harvesting

Funds No. of Non Volume Volume required No. of Functional Sl of Water of Water to restore/ Type of Structures Functional that No Stored in Stored in rejuvenate/ Structures can be CuM CuM build in Lakh restored INR

Natural water bodies, 1 (ponds, lakes)

Traditional water harvesting structures (, Jhalaras, 2 talabs, Tanka, Bawari, Aharpyne, bhandaraphad, Johad, Khadin, kund, Zabo etc)

Large water bodies (5 3 hectare area and above)

4 Check Dams

5 Farm Ponds

Rooft op water harvesting structures with 6 storage(community and privately owned)

JAL SHAKTI 30 ABHIYAN Restoration of main/ branch/distributory/ 7 minor canals of canal systems

Recharge structures

8 No. of percolation tank

9 No. of individual soak pits

No. of community soak 10 pits

No. of borewell recharge 11 structures

No. of waste stabilization 12 ponds

No. of HH rooft op rainwater harvesting 13 structures with recharge(community and privately owned)

Improving Water-Use eff iciency

Sl Measures Area in Ha Funds Required No

14 Area that can be brought under micro-irrigation:

15 during year 2019-20

16 during year 2020-21

17 during year 2021-22

A Water Conservation Campaign 31 ROLL-OUT PLAN About 400 such teams will take a minimum of three trips (three days each) covering all All the above interventions shall be villages allocated to them. implemented in 254 districts. To facilitate this, about 254 Additional Secretaries/Joint Other groups to be involved in the Secretaries/JS level off icers, campaign are: 400 Deputy Secretaries/Directors, ∠ 180 Assistant Secretaries who will be 400 Technical Off icers from Government oriented and given targets to undertake of India are made responsible to oversee necessary work as part of their fi eld the implementation, review progress and visits provide feedback. ∠ Engineering students from local colleges, as nominated by District Each district is allotted to an Additional Collectors can be opted to be part of the Secretary/ Joint Secretary/Joint Secretary campaign, where applicable level off icer also referred to as Central ∠ Local NGOs, nominated by the District Nodal Off icer (CNO). Collector can be involved in community mobilization, IEC, etc if necessary Scientists/Technical Off icers from the ∠ Reputed NGOs with national presence in participating Ministries/Departments would the water sector can also be engaged by be linked to the Joint Secretaries and their the States. teams for technical guidance and will be ∠ given regional allocation. Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS)/ National Service Scheme (NSS)/ National Cadet Corps/ school eco-clubs and At the State level, Additional Chief school students can also be mobilised to Secretary/Principal Secretary (Panchayati join Block level teams. Raj& Rural Development and/or Water Resources) will be the State Nodal Off icer Detailed instructions for fi eld work are (SNO). The SNO will coordinate between available under Instructions. the CNO and the District Collectors of their State for implementation of JSA. Best performing districts will be assessed and recognized by Ministry of Jal Shakti. A team of off icials would be formed for every Block. The team shall have 4 off icers, MONITORING AND SUPPORT headed by a Director/Dy. Secretary level off icer from the Central Ministries, along A portal has been developed by DDWS and with one technical off icer from Central NIC through which Districts will be provided Ground Water Board/Central Water a separate login (https://indiawater.gov. Commission two district off icers nominated in/jsa) to report progress under all 5 JSA by the District Collector. Each of these intervention areas and IEC activities. District teams will report to their CNO. Collectors and/or nominated off icials by District Collector in each district will be provided access to JSA portal.

JAL SHAKTI 32 ABHIYAN A national level dashboard has been COMMUNICATION PLAN developed that shows progress of the ∠ States against key JSA interventions and IEC All SHGs, PRIs and Swachhagrahis are activities. Based on progress reported under to be engaged to join the campaign for dashboard, ranking of districts will be community communication. Concerned generated for rewarding best performers. Ministries are to mobilize their grassroots components.

A separate mobile application is developed ∠ Promoting eff icient water use for to report feedback and key observations irrigation through through initiatives like from assigned Central Nodal Off icer and Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Melas and District/Block level off icers. All off icers motivating farmers to move to better are to submit their feedback and geo-tag choice of crops (More Crop per Drop) photographs of assets created through this ∠ Each district will develop an IEC plan mobile app. The app is available on Android and a media plan which can include and iOS platf orms. Public Service Announcements, print and social media mobilisation at local All off icers should upload their contact level details and tour plan (3 days prior to travel) on the JSA portal. The feedback should ∠ Well known personalities can be be submitted within one week of tour mobilized to generate awareness for the completed. campaign

A Water Conservation Campaign 33 Annexures

ANNEXURE I

Special interventions for select water related schemes18

Defi nitions and specifi cations of outputs and targets are provided as Annexure II

S. Indicator Existing scheme Ministry/Dept Activity No.

No. of:

 Rooft op rainwater harvesting structures Individual households Mahatma should be convinced Water Gandhi Rural to take up roof-top conservation Ministry of Rural 1. Employment rainwater harvesting and rainwater Development Guarantee Act structures for their harvesting (MGNREGA) houses.

 Check dams

 Trenches

 Farm Ponds

Mahatma  Inventory of all Renovation of Gandhi Rural Ministry of Rural traditional water traditional and 2. Employment Development bodies/tanks other water Guarantee Act bodies/tanks  No. of traditional water (MGNREGA) bodies/tanks restored

18In case of rains, focus may be placed on non-construction works and construction of assets may continue during the winter season as Phase II

JAL SHAKTI 34 ABHIYAN S. Indicator Existing scheme Ministry/Dept Activity No.

Individual households Department owning small water bodies of Water also should be convinced Repair, Resources, River for renovating them Renovation and Development periodically. Restoration of and River Water Bodies Rejuvenation,  No. of large water Ministry of Jal bodies restored Shakti

 No. of bore well recharge structures constructed Mahatma Reuse and Gandhi Rural  No. of soak pits borewell Ministry of Rural 3. Employment recharge Development  Individual Guarantee Act structures (MGNREGA)  community

 Greywater treatment ponds

Integrated  Area under watershed Watershed development (in ha). Management Department of Activities involved are: Watershed Programme Land Resources, 4. development (IWMP) – Ministry of Rural  Staggered trenches Pradhan Mantri Development  Gully Plugs Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY)  Percolation tanks

Ministry of National Environment,  Plantation of trees Aff orestation Forests and consuming less water Intensive and Eco- 5. Climate Change; aff orestation Development  Area under plantation and Ministry Board (NAEB) on public and forests of Rural and MGNREGA lands Development

A Water Conservation Campaign 35 ANNEXURE II foot deep (sizes may vary across states) to impound the expected runoff .

(iv) Farm ponds: Constructed depressions in a farm land occupying 6 to 8% of land with 2 to 3 metre depth. Ponds can retain water for long duration (up to 10 months), they provide excellent opportunity to promote composite fi sh farming besides providing irrigation.

2. Renovation of traditional water bodies/tanks

These are traditional water storage structures called by diff erent names List of Defi nitions across States. Some examples from various States are J&K, Ladakh – Zing, Uttarakhand 1. Water conservation and – Naula/ Gul/Dhara/Dhan/Simar/Khal, rainwater harvesting (terrace ponds especially in Himalayan/ (i) Roof top rain water harvesting system: hilly regions), Himachal Pradesh – Kul/ A technique through which rain water Khatri, Rajasthan – Johad, Bawaris, Taanka, is captured from the roof catchments Nagaland – Zabo, Uttar Pradesh – Kund, and stored in reservoirs. Harvested rain Bihar – Ahar Pynes, Maharashtra – Bhandara water can be stored in sub-surface Phad/ Ramtek, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha ground water aquifers by adopting – Katas/Mundas/Bandhas, Tamilnadu – Eri/ artifi cial recharge techniques or meet the Ooranis, Assam – Dongs, Delhi – Baolis/ household needs through storage in tanks. Dighis, Meghalaya – Bamboo Drip irrigation, These works have to be compulsorily Arunachal Pradesh – Apatani, Gujarat – taken up for public/community buildings Virdas, Kerala – Surangam/Korambus, West namely Panchayat Bhawans, schools, Bengal – Dungs/Jampols, Andhra Pradesh – Anaganwadis, Public Health Centers and Cheruvu, etc. Community halls (if available). Also, households should be convinced to Water bodies with minimum water spread take up roof-top rainwater harvesting area of fi ve hectares (ha) and above, are structures for their houses. generally owned by Water Resources (ii) Check dams: Small engineering Departments or at times local bodies. These structures constructed across a stream/ are either standalone water bodies with water course with cement to store water. individual catchments (called as non- system tanks in south India) or system of (iii) Trenches: Constructed depressions of cascading water bodies with a common about 6 feet length, 2 feet width and 1 source, say a river (called as system tanks in south India).

JAL SHAKTI 36 ABHIYAN 3. Reuse and point recharge Its development involves three phases, (i) structures preparatory (ii) works and (iii) consolidation and withdrawal phases. (i) Borewell recharge structure: Groundwater recharge structures constructed near an individual borewell/ Staggered trenches: These are similar to tubewell used as a drinking water trenches mentioned above, but constructed sources. A typical structure has a 3m x in hilly areas staggered across the slopes 3m x 3m pit with a borehole pipe having for gradual percolation of water to soil perforations installed at the centre of mass. the pit and packed with fi ltering media (diff erent sizes of stones). It has a lead Gully Plugs: Gully plugs are small check drain to the pit and a masonry structure dams made up of loose rocks in a series around the pit to protect the structure. across the gully. A gully plug is one of the erosion control measures in non- (ii) Soak pits: A soak pit is a pit technology agricultural land. A gully plug is constructed option where pre-settled effl uent from in series along a gully to change a sloping a collection and storage/treatment bed to a series of fl at beds. The vertical or (semi-) centralized treatment interval between two such structures technology is discharged to the is equal to its height. The height of the underground chamber from which it structure is generally kept less than 1 m. infi ltrates into the surrounding soil. It can be for an individual household or for a Percolation tank: An artifi cially created community. surface water body made of earth, (iii) Greywater treatment ponds: Man- submerging in its reservoir, a highly made ponds in which diff erent types permeable land so that surface runoff of wastewaters are treated by naturally is made to percolate and recharge the occurring processes. groundwater storage.

4. Watershed development 5. Intensive afforestation

This is a major theme for development Only trees which require less water to be of rain fed areas with a view to conserve planted and grown. Some examples are natural resources of water, soil and Babul, Amaltas, Banyan, Neem, Tamarind, vegetation by mobilizing social capital. Jackfruit etc.

A Water Conservation Campaign 37 ANNEXURE III 5. A WhatsApp group to be formed involving all Central- District team for INSTRUCTIONS seamless interaction 6. CNO to ensure that two off icials Instructions for Central Nodal familiar with the local conditions to be Offi cers (Additional/ Joint Secretary nominated by District Collector, to assist level offi cer) the BNO and TO. One of the two off icers can be a resource person from the local 1. Central Nodal off icers (CNO) engineering college if applicable. are responsible for time-bound 7. Each block to be earmarked to the above implementation and monitoring of JSA team in their allotted district. 8. CNO will make at least 3 visits of 2. Should hold the fi rst meeting with minimum 3 days duration to the allotted concerned Block Nodal Off icers (BNO) district & Technical Off icer (TO) of GoI mapped to the district within 3 days of launch of 9. CNO will ensure that tour programmes campaign. of all team members of GoI off icials are uploaded on the portal 3 days ahead of 3. 1st fi eld trip within one week of the visit launching JSA involving all BNOs & TOs. 10. Fortnightly reviews may be taken by 4. District level meeting for fi rming up the CNO to suggest corrective steps, if i. District Level Plan for JSA required. implementation by setting fortnightly 11. CNO should upload the feedback in the targets and identifying sources of JSA portal aft er every fortnightly review fund against every intervention and aft er every fi eld visit identifi ed for water conservation duly concurred by CNO should be 12. A list of govt. owned buildings where uploaded on the Portal by the DC rooft op rainwater harvesting can be / DM within 10 days of launch of taken up should be collected from DC/ campaign DM within 10 days of launch of campaign

ii. District Water conservation plan 13. CNO should review the components of District Irrigation Plan (DIP) which inter iii. Media plan for JSA alia covers water conservation measures iv. Involving District Collector (DC)/ and upload the progress report on the District Magistrate (DM), Block Nodal portal Off icers (BNO), one TO for 4 Blocks 14. CNO should report progress of and all concerned district level implementation to Cab Sec / Secy. off icers in charge of the intervention (DDWS, Min. of Jal Shakti) on a fortnightly basis.

JAL SHAKTI 38 ABHIYAN 15. CNO to ensure engagement of Nehru 7. All instructions issued in case of CNO are Yuva Kendra (NYK), and earmark a applicable for BNOs for Block level day to undertake Shramdaan in the intervention blocks. Instructions for Technical Offi cer

16. CNO can engage students from local 1. Technical Off icer (TO) will provide universities and engineering colleges, technical inputs/solutions wherever and earmark a day to undertake required and guide the implementation Shramdaan in the intervention blocks. agencies at block level

17. CNO to ensure engagement of school 2. TO should accompany the assigned BNO children and eco-clubs of schools in in their allotted block. the campaign and earmark a day to undertake Shramdaan in every block. 3 All instructions issued in case of BNO should be applicable for TOs also. 18. CNO to ensure active engage all the grassroots players – Panchayat Instructions for State-level Nodal Raj Institutions, Self-Help Groups, Offi cer (ACS/PS/Secy Dept Swachhagrahis, etc. for IEC activities assigned by the State)

Instructions for Block Nodal Offi cer 1. State-level Nodal off icers (SNO) are (Deputy Secretary/Director level responsible for overall coordination offi cer) with Districts, CNO and BNO and implementation of JSA in their 1. The Block Nodal off icer (BNO) will be respective States. responsible for the implementation of 2. SNO to hold VC/meetings with all the JSA at the block level. DCs/DMs and brief them about JSA 2. BNO will report to and assist the CNO. 3 SNO should tie-up and ensure release of 3. BNO should closely monitor block level funds for activities to be implemented implementation and review progress of under JSA implementation every fortnight. 4. SNO to set time-lines/targets for their 4. BNO should make at least 3 visits of respective States. This is to be done minimum 3 days duration during the aft er consulting the DCs/DMs from their campaign. The fi rst visit should be states. The targets for districts are to be undertaken in the fi rst week within the compiled to form the state level targets. launch of the campaign, along with CNO. 5. SNO to hold fortnightly review of JSA 5. BNO will submit/upload tour and upload progress on the portal. programmes in the portal 3 days in advance 6. SNO should make at least 3 fi eld visits to districts where JSA is being 6. BNO should submit the feedback on the implemented, preferably with assigned portal aft er every fortnightly review and CNO and upload feedback aft er every also aft er every visit visit in the portal.

A Water Conservation Campaign 39 Instructions for District Collector/ campaign is to be undertaken campaign District Magistrate for preventing saline water ingression into mainland by reviving or creating 1. DC/DM is the nodal person responsible necessary infrastructures. for the implementation of JSA in their 7. DC to prepare an inventory of traditional district. water bodies in their district, along with 2. The DC/DM will be reporting to CNO and a plan to revive them. SNO 8. They will subsequently get the plans 3. DC to make arrangements for facilitating concurred by CNO and SNO and upload the visit of off icers from GoI the same within 10 days of launch of campaign 4. They will hold an initial meeting with the district and block level off icials in 9. DC will ensure that a team of 2 State charge of interventions under JSA, to off icials who are well versed with local assess the situation and prepare the conditions are mapped to every team of following plans: GoI led by BNO.

i. District Level Plan for JSA 10. Progress of implementation should be implementation by setting fortnightly closely monitored by DC/DM by making targets and identifying source of at least 3 visits per block during the funds against every intervention campaign and provide feedback on the identifi ed for water conservation portal.

ii. District Water Conservation plan 11. A list of government-owned buildings where rooft op rainwaterharvesting can iii. IEC Plan on water conservation be taken up should be identifi ed by the focusing farmers district administration and uploaded iv. Media plan for JSA online.

5. DC/DMs to identify NGOs in the water 12. Ensure that the progress of sector in their district and upload their implementation JSA is monitored and details on the portal reviewed weekly and the feedback 6. Special IEC campaign to be undertaken uploaded on the portal. in the district by holding block 13. In coastal districts, special focus should wise Kisan Mela planned with Krishi be given for creation of infrastructure to Vigyan Kendras (KVK) and Agriculture prevent saline water ingression into the department focusing on motivating mainland in the implementation plan. farmers to shift from water intensive 14. DC / DM to nominate the nodal off icers crops to less water consuming crops as who will liaison with the JSA Secretariat well as need to shift to water eff icient and will be in-charge of uploading micro-irrigation system like drip and data. The contact details (name, sprinkler methods in water demanding mobile number and email) of self and crops. Further, in coastal districts an IEC

JAL SHAKTI 40 ABHIYAN the off icials in-charge will need to be 2. PIO will assist in planning, setting provided to the JSA Secretariat. target and monitoring related to their department in district and blocks. 15. Special IEC focus should be given on promoting water eff icient irrigation 3. PIO to hold an initial meeting with methods like drip irrigation/ sprinkler block level subordinate off icers of their irrigation in water demanding crops like department to assess the situation and sugar cane. develop a fortnightly plan

16. DM/DCs to document the progress of the 4. PIO is responsible for updating daily program and document success stories progress in the portal with authorization digitally. of DM/DC.

17. Students from local universities and 5. PIO should accompany CNO/SNO/BNO/ engineering colleges are to be engaged TO during their visits. mandatorily, earmarking a special day to undertake Shramdaan in every block. Priority things for CNO, SNO and 18. Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK) should be DC/DM actively involved and earmark a day to 1. Forming a team extend Shramdaan in every block. 2. Creation of Whatsapp group 19. School children and eco-clubs of schools are to be actively involved in the 3. Setting targets for every intervention campaign and earmark a day to extend 4. Identify source of funds and timely Shramdaan in every block. release of funds

20. Local NGOs at district levels should be 5. Upload tour plans on portal actively involved and earmark a day to extend Shramdaan in every block. 6. Authorizing nodal off icers for uploading data on the portal and sharing details 21. The campaign should actively all with JSA secretariat the grassroots players – Panchayat Raj Institutions, Self-Help Groups, 7. Finalizing media plan Swachhagrahis, etc. 8. Finalizing IEC plan

Instructions for Program 9. Mobilizing all the grassroots players – Panchayat Raj Institutions, Self-Help Implementation Offi cers (PIO)- Groups, Swachhagrahis,etc District Level offi cer/ Line Department

1. PIO is responsible for the implementation of respective interventions identifi ed under JSA in their districts and report to District administration

A Water Conservation Campaign 41 Contact details

JSA Secretariat Mr. Sumit Priyadarshi Assistant Adviser Mr. Parameswaran Iyer Department of Drinking Water and Secretary Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti Department of Drinking Water and Mobile Number: +91-8800247365 Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti Off ice Number: 011- 24361672 Email - [email protected] Mobile: +91- 8826365945 Email - [email protected] Ms. Seemantinee Sengupta Sr. Technical Director Mr. Samir Kumar National Informatics Centre Joint Secretary (Water) Off ice Number: 011-24362610 Department of Drinking Water and Mobile:+91-9313547767 Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti Email - [email protected] Off ice Number: 011- 24361043 Mobile: +91-9810593082 JSA Coordinating Offi cers Email - [email protected] Mr. Dhyanchandra HM Ms. Renjitha M.H. Assistant Secretary Deputy Secretary Department of Drinking Water and Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti Mobile Number – +91-9481490909 Off ice Number: 011- 24364427 Email – [email protected] Mobile: +91-8910558515 States Assigned: Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Email - [email protected] Delhi, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab

Mr. A. Muralidharan Deputy Adviser Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti Off iceNumber: 011- 24366015/ Mobile: +91-9212034856 Email - [email protected]

JAL SHAKTI 42 ABHIYAN Mr. Shashi Prakash Singh Mr. Ashish IshwarPatil Assistant Secretary Assistant Secretary Department of Drinking Water and Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti Mobile Number – +91-8800971892 Mobile Number – +91-9860875884 Email – [email protected] Email – [email protected] States Assigned: Daman &Diu, Gujarat, States Assigned: Uttarakhand and Himachal Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Dadar and Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Nagar Haveli Pradesh

Mr. Gaurav Singh Sogarwal Mr. Rajesh Rathod Assistant Secretary Assistant Secretary Department of Drinking Water and Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti Mobile Number – +91-8802293749 Mobile Number – +91-8105825877 Email – [email protected] Email – [email protected] States Assigned: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, States Assigned: Jharkhand, Odisha, Manipur, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar and Nagaland, and Tripura West Bengal

Mr. MM Choudary Assistant Secretary Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti Mobile Number – +91-7013590111 Email [email protected] States Assigned: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Lakshadweep, Puducherry

A Water Conservation Campaign 43 Offi cers from coordinating Mr. Manish Thakur Ministries Joint Secretary (AMRUT & MD), Ministry of Housing and Urban Aff airs Mr. Akhil Kumar Off ice number: 011 - 23061558, 23061300 Joint Secretary, IC and GW Mobile Number: +91-9599085666 Department of MoWR, Email — manish.thakur@nicsini Ministry of Jal Shakti For urban context, please contact MoHUA Off ice Number: 011-23710343 Mobile: +91- 9015655222 Dr. SK Chaudhari Email [email protected] ADG (S&WM), National Resource Management, Indian council of agricultural Mr. Kamran Rizvi research Joint Secretary, MGNREGA Off ice Number: 011-25848369 Ministry of Rural Development Mobile Number: +91-9729559063 Off ice Number: 011-23385484 Email –[email protected] Mobile Number: +91- -9415527999 Email - [email protected] Dr. Alka Bhargava Additional Secretary Mr. Ravi Agrawal Ministry of Agriculture Additional Secretary, Phone Number: 011- 23389348 Ministry of Environment, Forest and Mobile Number: +91-9435568923 Climate Change Email –[email protected] Off ice Number: 011- 24695137 Mobile Number: +91-9818257603 Email [email protected]

Mr. Umakant Joint Secretary, Watershed Management Department of Land Resources Off ice Number: 011- 24306624 Mobile Number: +91-9868492206 Email - [email protected]

JAL SHAKTI 44 ABHIYAN