MoHUA launches ‘Pilot Pey Jal Survekshan’ under Jal Jeevan Mission

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched the Pilot PeyJal Survekshan under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM-U) on Wednesday, February 16. Durga Shankar Mishra, Secretary of MoHUA, said that the ‘survekshan’ will be conducted in ten cities to determine the unbiased distribution of water, reuse of wastewater and mapping of water bodies concerning quantity of water through a challenging process.

The pilot survey will be launched in 10 cities, which includes Bhubaneshwar, Agra, Kochi, Madurai, Rohtak, Badlapur, Surat, Tumkar and Patiala. Formulated on the data collected in the pilot, the survey will be extended to all the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) cities.

The information regarding drinking water, wastewater management, non-revenue water and condition of three water bodies in the city will be collected through face-to-face interviews with the residents and municipal officials as per the approved questionnaire, water sample collection and laboratory testing, on-call interviews, and field survey for non-revenue water. The mission will be examined through a technology-based platform on which the beneficiary’s response will be tracked along with progress and outcome.