- Chhattisgarh achieves unprecedented success in drinking water quality testing work under Jal Jeevan Mission
- Preparations of remaining eight districts for NABL accreditation completed
- Supply of pure drinking water is being ensured under Jal Jeevan Mission
Raipur (The States. news) Chhattisgarh state has achieved unprecedented success in drinking water quality testing work under the Jal Jeevan Mission with as many as 16 district level water laboratories now been accredited by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL).This includes water testing laboratories in Durg, Balod, Rajnandgaon, Kabirdham, Bemetara, Raipur, Mahasamund, Gariaband, Dhamtari, Balodabazar, Bilaspur, Raigarh, Korba, Mungeli, Kanker and Jagdalpur districts. The remaining eight districts have also applied for NABL accreditation.
Efforts are also being made by Jal Jeevan Mission for NABL accreditation of sub-division level laboratories by March 2022. Through the Jal Jeevan Mission, the general public of the state has got the facility of getting their private source water tested from the NABL accredited laboratories of their respective district headquarters.
Besides, the state has also set new records in the field of testing drinking water sources in rural areas through FTK with training programmes being completed in 11,642 (99.8 per cent) of Gram Panchayats. So far, 79,689 women have been trained in water testing as ‘Jal Bahini’ in 11,642 Gram Panchayats. The chemical water testing of 3, 13,501 i.e. 65 per cent drinking water sources has been done so far this year.
Meanwhile, domestic tap connections have been provided to 7, 66, 733 families (15.78 per cent) in the state so far and as per the instructions of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, about two lakh households have been provided domestic connections through Jal Jeevan after April 1, 2021. Pure drinking water has been provided to 100 per cent families of total 132 villages of the state through functional domestic tap connections. Over 1471 youth of 19 districts have been trained as “Jal Mitan” under skill development training for the smooth operation and maintenance work of the tap water schemes to be operated under Jal Jeevan Mission. Such training programmes are still going on.
Efforts are being made to turn this into a mass movement by running a social media campaign in the state under the Jal Jeevan Mission from December 23 to January 26. As a part of this campaign, wide publicity is being done of best practices being adopted by different districts under the banner of “Aaj Pani Ki Kya Kahani Hai”. Besides, public awareness about drinking water safety is also being spread under this campaign.
