22-10-2020 | 20:07 PM
Context
Haryana Government comes up with an innovative solution for Water testing and formally launched “Lab on Wheels” to test the water quality on 12 Oct 2020. The water quality of Haryana is predominantly affected by fluoride, iron, nitrate and alkalinity. Lab on wheels is a mobile laboratory and the mobile laboratory has been launched under Jal Jeevan Mission.
Jal Jeevan Mission
The scheme is being implemented by Ministry of Jal Shakti.
The objective of the mission is to provide clean drinking tap water to every rural household in the country by 2024 and to provide 55 litres of clean tab water per day per person.
Currently the scheme is being implemented on full scale as it is also providing employment opportunities to the migrant workers.
The infrastructure of the scheme is being built with the help of migrant workers.
As the implementation of the scheme has addressed both the purposes of rural development and providing livelihood opportunities to the migrant workers, the scheme was implemented in a wide scale across the country during covid-19 times.
The state of Goa has recently become the first state in India to provide clean drinking water for all households in the state.
Jal Jeevan Mission is to assist, empower and facilitate:
States/ UTs in planning of participatory rural water supply strategy for ensuring potable drinking water security on long-term basis toeach and every rural household and public institution.
States/ UTs to plan for their drinking water security.
Rural communities to plan, implement, manage, own, operate and maintain their own in-village water supply systems
Capacity building of the stakeholders and creating awareness in community on significance of water for improvement in quality of life.
In making provisions and mobilization of financial assistance to States/ UTs for implementation of the mission.
In order to obtain clean water, erecting water cleaning Infrastructures is essential and the available source of water in the region should also be tested. The lab on wheels will solve the problem of lack of testing infrastructure in remote rural areas.
Lab on Wheels
Haryana has come up with a novel approach by launching a State-of-the-Art Mobile Water Testing Laboratory Van.
Mobile Water Testing Laboratory Van is fully equipped with multi-parameter system containing analyzers/ sensor/ probes/ instruments meant for water testing.
Haryana water quality is mainly affected by constituents like total dissolved solids (TDS), Fluoride, nitrate, iron and alkalinity.
It is GPS enabled for location tracking.
The analyzed sample data can be transmitted to a centralized PHED server via GPRS/ 3G connectivity with power backup.
It also provides On-site recording and reporting of results through a smartphone and it also has the ability to send directly results to a web based secure central server.
The mobile van has a fully automated sensor-based analysis controlled by centrally commanded software.
The LED display unit in the mobile lab gives an instant display of the results immediately after analysis.
Vision of the mission is to provide drinking water at affordable service delivery charges leading to improvement in living standards of rural communities.
Funding's for the scheme
Rs 3.60 Lakh Crore total estimated cost of JJM is.
The fund sharing pattern between Centre and State is 90:10 for Himalayan (Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh) and North-Eastern States.
It will be 100:0 for UTs.
It will be 50:50 for rest of the States.
Objectives
Provide functional tap connection to Schools, Anganwadi centres, GP buildings, Health centres, wellness centres and community buildings.
Promote and ensure voluntary ownership among local community by way of contribution in cash, kind and/ or labour and voluntary labour.
To help ensure the sustainability of the water supply system, i.e. water source, water supply infrastructure etc.
Empowering and developing human capital in the sector, such as the demands of construction, plumbing, water treatment, etc.
To raise awareness on various aspects and significance of safe drinking water and involvement of stakeholders.
