Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA)

WHY IN NEWS?

The Centre has decided to utilize the forthcoming monsoon season to expand its water conservation efforts under the Jal Shakti Abhiyan.

ABOUT JAL SHAKTI ABHIYAN (JSA)

• Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) is a time bound campaign with a mission mode approach intended to improve water availability including ground water conditions in the water stressed blocks of 256 districts in India.
• In this regard, teams of officers from Central Government along- with technical officers from Ministry of Jal Shakti were deputed to visit water stressed districts and to work in close collaboration with district level officials to undertake suitable interventions.
• To promote water conservation and water resource management five target interventions were implemented:
  • Water conservation & rainwater harvesting
  • Renovation of traditional & other water-bodies/tanks
  • Reuse and recharge of bore-wells
  • Watershed development
  • Intensive afforestation
• Government departments, agencies, NGOs, Panchayats have been promoted water conservation through JSA.