Port
Blair, June 19: The Prime Minister of India has personally written a letter to
all the Pradhans of Gram Panchayat across the country including the Pradhans of
A&N Islands with regard to Water Conservation measures to be undertaken
during the ensuing monsoon season. The Prime Minister in his letter has called
upon every Pradhan to take up water conservation related measure to optimize
the shortage of water. In this connection, all the Pradhans will convene a Gram
Sabha meeting in the respective Gram Panchayat and carry out the following
activities in the Gram Sabha:
1.
Read out the Prime Minister's letter to all the residents of the villages(s)
2.
Each Gram Sabha convened should be followed by shramdaan for water
conservation, as outlined in the Prime Minster' letter. Activities may include.
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Building and cleaning small ponds in the village for storing rainwater.
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Undertaking tree plantation drives.
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Constructing/ installing storage tanks at the community or individual household
level for rainwater.
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Creating of soak pits in households for reuse for domestic and agricultural
purposes and groundwater recharge.
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Awareness campaigns around water conservation through rallies.
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Village and school-level promotion of rainwater harvesting through Nukkad
Nataks/ street plays, folk songs and dance performance.
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Wall paintings in public places on the theme of water conservation and proper
management of water.
The
respective Dy. Commissioner of the District have been asked to send letter of
the Prime Minister to the Pradhans in the District.
In
view of this, the Dy. Commissioner, South Andaman District had sent the letter
of the Prime Minister to all the Pradhans of South Andaman District and the
same has been received by the Pradhans.
To have uniformity in convening the Gram Sabha, all the Pradhans of
South Andaman District have been requested to convene the Gram Sabha on
23.06.2019 followed by the activities stated in the letter. A report of the Gram
Sabha along with pictures will be submitted to the Dy. Commissioner (SA) on the
email ID dcandaman2016@gmail.com. Based on the report and action taken by each
Panchayat, best panchayat will be selected for water conservation and
management over the oncoming monsoons, a press release said.