The four-day residential training on Jal Jeevan Mission in Wokha concluded with a field visit to Koio Village on 20 October.
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The 60 participants along with the organisers paid a visit to Koio Village which is about 15km away from Wokha.
Through the field visit, the participants were able to get a practical experience in the planning and management of water connections.
Resource person Dr Ghosh had told Nagaland Tribune that Koio village was chosen for the field visit as it is one of the villages that has already achieved 100 percent Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC).
During the field exposure visit, the participants learned about the preparation of social mapping, resource mapping and water source mapping of Koio village.
They were then made to prepare a Village Action Plan and conduct water source feasibility assessment. They also learned about components of operation and maintenance.
The training ended with a field visit debriefing where the participants shared their learnings, observations and experience.
The four-day training had been organised by the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) together with Water & Sanitation Support Organisation (WSSO).
The members of Water and Sanitation Solutions Committee (WATSAN) and the village council representatives were the participants of the training.
The resource persons were from the Salt Lake Institute of Engineering and Management Limited (SLIEM), a Kolkata based organisation, empanelled by the Ministry of Jal Shakti (Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation) for the role.
Participants and organisers of the four-day community level participation training in Wokha.
The Jal Jeevan Shakti Mission’s goal is to provide safe and adequate water to all households by 2024 through individual household tap connections.
In his Independence Day speech in 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that half of the country’s households do not have access to piped water. Earmarking Rs 3.5 trillion for the Jal Jeevan Mission, he said the Centre and states would work towards it in coming years.
According to the government, the mission will include information, education and communication as key components.
The mission is meant to create a people’s movement for water, making it everyone’s priority. The programme is meant especially for the Village Water & Sanitation Committee (VWSC) and other Rural Local bodies (RLB).
