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As per JJM schematic guidelines and in line with the The Indicator framework provides for all these aspects in
responsibilities of the GP under the 29 subjects, the Gram becoming a Water sufficient Panchayat. It would thus help the
Panchayat and/ or its Subcommittee, i.e. Village Water and GP in the process of achieving the Sankalp it takes for water.
Sanitation Committee (VWSC) / Paani Samiti/ User Group, etc. The huge thrust and focus on JJM should be capitalized by the
will be responsible to plan, implement, manage, operate and GPs and, perhaps it is opportune for all GPs to achieve the
maintain in-village water supply infrastructure and water Theme Water-sufficient village at the first instance. However, it
resources including treatment and reuse of grey-water is for the GP to decide which Theme and in the Theme 4,
protection of drinking water sources to meet drinking and whether it would like to achieve and work on some more
domestic needs. Water budgeting and cost of water budgeting indicators, especially if the FHTC has been achieved.
are both aspects the GPs will need to consider for ensuring the
In addition to that, the responsibility of supply of essential
supply of water at 55 LPCD. Taking the instance of the GPs
service of drinking water, in particular, the O&M, lies with the
covered by MVS - they collect the water tariff from the
GP. The scope of water supply service in a GP starts from
community and transfer the proportionate bulk water charges to
planning of water supply system to source treatment,
the respective MVS- VWSC. The MVS-VWSC has the
transmission, storage and equitable distribution. The GPs will
following responsibilities in planning for water supply in the
be able to improve service delivery by professionalization of
village
O&M of water assets. The understanding of O&M as detailed
1. Prepare Annual VAP for integration into GPDP below, would enable the GP to work it out:
2. Assist District Panchayat to complete the tender process to a) Operation: Operation refers to timely and daily
engage service provider for O&M of water supply schemes operation of the components of a Water Supply system
such as headwork’s, treatment plant, machinery and
3. Decide tariff to be collected from GPs towards water
equipment, conveying mains, service reservoirs and
supply
distribution system etc., effectively by various technical
4. Arrange payments towards O&M collected from Gram personnel, as a routine function.
Panchayats
b) Maintenance: Maintenance is defined as the act of

Connect to Sankalp keeping the structures, plants, machinery and equipment
It would undoubtedly be the desired situation that every rural and other facilities in an optimum working order.
household has drinking water supply in adequate quantity of Maintenance includes preventive/ routine maintenance and
prescribed quality on regular and long-term basis at affordable also breakdown maintenance. However, replacements,
service delivery charges leading to improvement in living correction of defects etc. are considered as actions excluded
standards of rural communities. It would also be that there is from preventive maintenance
adequate water for agriculture and allied sectors that form the Actions Required
base of the livelihood in the village. The GP when it takes a
The Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS), Government of India, is
Sankalp would look to reach the levels of being a Water-
implementing a flagship programmes Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM)
sufficient village that would meet not only its current needs, but
for water supply. This program is convergent in nature and is
also its anticipated needs for ensuring the future has no fall in
being implemented by involving Panchayats. The Panchayats
availability of water to meet all its needs of desired standards.
have to:

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