Amrit Sarovar formally inaugurated across Assam

NEW DELHI: Mission Amrit Sarovar Scheme was formally inaugurated across Assam. This scheme aims to develop and rejuvenate 75 water bodies in each district of the country as a part of the celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. The scheme was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 28 2022, with the goal of water conservation, pisciculture, job generation, and commercial plantation.

The Assam state government has fixed January 26 2023, as the deadline for completion of digging 2,625 ponds across the state, barring a three-layer commercial plantation on the banks of each pond. It will also have secured chain-link fencing, an iron gate through the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA and five solar lights under the Finance Commission grant.

Maintenance upon completion will be given to women’s self-help groups as a cluster-level federation. They will be sharing the revenue with panchayats or local bodies in Sixth Schedule areas.