Jammu Tawi, Oct 06: In a review meeting of Rural Development
Department held by the Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta it was
informed that J&K has achieved the milestone of being first to establish
at least 75 Amrit Sarovars (Water Bodies) in each of its districts as per
the aspirations of the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
Dr Mehta applauded the department for this unique achievement
and asked them not to stop here but work harder to further improve
these rural assets throughout J&K. He enjoined upon them to take this
mission further.
The UT of J&K had started implementing the scheme in a mission
mode at the very beginning of the mission. The UT level committee
under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary with the participation of
departments like Forest, Culture, Revenue, Jal Shakti was constituted
for apex level monitoring and implementation of the scheme.
It was further revealed that as per the guidelines of the mission,
the UT had to complete 300 Amrit Sarovars before 15th August,2022
and 1500 Amrit Sarovars by 15th August, 2023. However, the UT
completed 1490 Amrit Sarovars on 15th of August, 2022 and hoisted
National Flags over them on the occasion of Independence Day. It was
informed that at present the UT has completed the work on 1953 Amrit
Sarovars.
The UT is endeavouring to create and beautify more Amrit
Sarovars and the Finance Department has released Rs 50 crore for the
rejuvenation/creation of these Amrit Sarovars.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Mission Amrit Sarovar was
launched by the Prime Minister on National Panchayati Raj Day on 24th
of April this year in Palli Gram Panchayat in District Samba of J&K itself
and at the national level, the UT figures at no. 2 in terms of completion of
Amrit Sarovars featuring just after the much bigger State of Uttar
Pradesh.
