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Assessment and Incremental progress/measurement measurement would not be feasible, and also, the ensuring of
actual progress would not be seen.
The GP has an important role in ensuring reliable supply of
drinking water. Timely assessment / measurement of water Water harvesting structures and indicator connected to water
supply in the village is integral to achieve the targets For bodies, would come into attention few weeks before the rains.
village water supply schemes, the onus rests with the GP. The Action taken and progress may be monitored daily or weekly.
GP may use assistance from the GPWSC/VWSC/Pani Samiti to Works taken up under MNREGA can be monitored through the
overcome the problem of day-to-day operations. The GP could portal, but it is better to pull that data into the eGramSwaraj
also avail technical support from the PHED/RWSS department. application and present it appropriately to the GP under Water
Detailed specification of maintenance procedures such as the sufficient panchayat.
frequency of attention (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc.) Water testing may be seen monthly, basing on the availability
and also fix responsibility for each item. of data and ease of collecting it. Hence based on the indicator

While this may be the system to arrive at the final value at and what will be of use to the GP for seeing progress and taking
annual PDI, without this daily mechanism in place, the annual action, the data on various indicators need to be made available.

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