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Atal Bhujal Yojana Progress River Linking Project
Scheme WATER IS INDISPENSABLE 8350 Panchayats of Gujarat, VILLAGERS AND FARMERS Scheme
Approval
8 December, 2021
Commencement 25 December, 2019
Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya
FOR LIFE Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, TO PROSPER WITH THE
and Uttar Pradesh will be directly
Objective:To improve the benefited from the scheme. 6000 JOINING OF RIVERS
management of groundwater crores budget for five years which Objective:To provide water
resources in 78 identified consists of 50 percent World Bank to the drought-affected areas
districts of 7 water-stressed loan and 50 percent grant from Progress:The idea of connecting
states Government of India. In the Water rivers in India was first mooted
Users' Association, the committee in 1858 by a British irrigation
that prepares the plan for water engineer, Sir Arthur Thomas. But
security at the gram panchayat the issue did not progress. Then
level 20 percent participation of in 1980, 30 links were identified
women has been made mandatory. under the National Perspective
5516 water security plans have Plan. When Prime Minister
been prepared across the country. Narendra Modi led government Progress
came to power in 2014, a Special
Progress Committee on Interlinking
Namami Gange Mission of Rivers was constituted in
September 2014. A task force
Scheme detailed project reports of 8 links
पृथ्वी सगन्धा सरसधास्तथधाप: स्पर्शी च वधायुर्ज्वलि ं त च तेज:। Commencement June 2014 So far under Namami Gange was constituted in 2015. So far,
Mission, 364 projects have been
नभ: सर्ब् महत्धा सह व कवज्वन् सववे गम सुप्रभधातम्।।” GANGA BECOMING CLEAN approved at an estimated cost of have been prepared. Ken Betwa
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Rs 30,853 crore, out of which 183
Link Project is the first project
AND UNINTERRUPTED
projects have been completed
and commissioned. Against being implemented. The project
with an estimated cost of
Objective:Aiming to the sewage generation of 2953
rejuvenate the river Ganga Million Liters Per Day (MLD) from
and its tributaries. the towns along the Ganges, the `44, 605
treatment capacity has reached crore was approved by the cabinet
2407 MLD which was 1305 MLD on December 8, 2021. An area of
at the time of the inception of 25 million hectares and increased
the program. In addition, another groundwater use is likely to
934 MLD STP capacity has provide further irrigation benefits
been sanctioned. Now Namami to 10 million hectares. 34 million
Gange Mission-2 has been given kW of power generation and flood
extension till 2026. control will bring many benefits.
Progress
Commencement 2 October, 2014
More than 10.93 crore individual household toilets have been
Swachh Bharat Mission- Gramin constructed under the scheme since 2014. On the same basis, all the
villages of the country declared themselves open defecation free on
OPEN DEFECATION
Scheme FREE, NOW ODF October 2, 2019. After achieving ODF, Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin
Phase-II is being run to make all villages ODF+ by 2025, ie, to provide
solid and liquid waste management with a focus on sustainability of
PLUS
ODF. It is a demand-based project while the states send their respective
Arrangements have been completed for solid waste management in 54
Objective: To make the country open projects which are approved by the National Planning Committee.
defecation free thousand villages apart from liquid waste management in 29 thousand
villages. Gobardhan Yojana is also a part of this.
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