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 The main objective of jal jeevan mission is to ensure piped water supply to all rural households by 2024. This is achieved through following measures as part of har ghar nal se jal scheme.

1)         focus on integrated demand and supply side management of water at the local level, including creation of local infrastructure for source sustainability like rainwater harvesting, groundwater recharge and management of household wastewater for reuse in agriculture

2)         converge with other Central and State Government Schemes to achieve its objectives of sustainable water supply management across the country.

         The Jal Jeevan Mission will be based on a community approach to water and will include extensive Information, Education and communication as a key component of the mission. JJM looks like jan andolan and govt took it on top priority.

      Government has identified 1592 Blocks which are critical and over exploited, spread across 256 Districts for the Jal Shakti Abhiyan for rainwater harvesting and water conservation in the first phase and carry out other initiatives including renovation of traditional water bodies and tanks, reuse of water recharge structures, watershed development and intensive afforestation.

Around 3.5 trillion will be spent under the ambitious Jal Jeevan Mission aimed at providing piped water to all rural households by 2024.

Policy think-tank Niti Aayog said in a report that nearly 600 million Indians already face “high to extreme water stress." It said 21 cities, including Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad, will run out of groundwater by 2020, affecting 100 million people. Matters are only likely to worsen with the country’s water demand likely to double by 2030, indicating there will be a 6% loss in gross domestic product by 2050. Saint Thiruvalluvar saying about disappearance of water and destruction of nature processes is a true warning sign of future.

Q. Saint thiruvallur said "if water starts disappearing, the nature's processes get disrupted and eventually come to an end". In light of the above statement explain the objectives and main features of Jal Jeevan Mission which was mentioned by PM Modi in Idependence Speech

Ans : The saint said about the importance of water in the nature. To conserve the water and making available of it to every household, the Union Govt has brought a new scheme called Jal Jeevan Mission - har ghar nal se jal scheme.

The objectives and main features of Jal Jeevan Mission

1. To ensure Har Ghar Jal (piped water supply) to all rural households by 2024 and executing agency of the scheme is Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation under the Jal Shakti Mantralaya.

2. Focus on integrated demand and supply side management of water at the local level.

3. Creation of local infrastructure for rainwater harvesting, groundwater recharge.

4. Management of household wastewater for reuse in agriculture.

5. Converge with other Central and State Government Schemes to achieve its objectives of sustainable water supply management across the country.

Jal Jeevan Mission will be a major step towards improving ease of living and meeting aspirations of a New India where in it is predicted that the country’s water demand likely to double by 2030.  Further, the new scheme if implemented well would satisfy the statement of Saint given in the Question.