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JALYUKTA SHIVAR ABHIYAN

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Topics covered: About Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan

Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan is the flagship programme of the Maharashtra government launched in December 2014.

Maharashtra government has launched the project “Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyaan” in 2014 in a bid to make Maharashtra a drought-free state by 2019.
The scheme targeted drought-prone areas by improving water conservation measures in order to make them more water sustainable.
Under the scheme, decentralised water bodies were installed at various locations within villages to enhance the groundwater recharge.
It also proposed to strengthen and rejuvenate water storage capacity and percolation of tanks and other sources of storage.

About 82 percent area of Maharashtra falls is rainfed sector while 52 percent of the area is drought-prone.
Since 2014, hundreds of villages in Marathwada, Madhya Maharashtra, and Vidarbha have experienced droughts for consecutive years.

Under the scheme, water streams in a locality are deepened and widened, which would later be connected to the newly constructed chains of cement nullah bunds in the village.
Efforts would be made to arrest and store water in small earthen dams and farm ponds in such areas.
Maintenance of existing sources like canals and all kinds of wells would be undertaken.
Activities like desilting of water conservation structures and repairs of canals are undertaken to help improve water storage and percolation at the site.
A mobile application developed by the Maharashtra Remote Sensing Application Centre (MRSAC) for quick monitoring of the scheme is functional in this respect.

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