Jal Shakti Kendra (JSK), under National Water Mission, ministry of Jal Shakti, has been set up in the office of the executive engineer, Water Resources department, Zunheboto with the helpline 8787583227 manned by a technical expert for any “Jal Shakti Abhiyan” related queries in the district.
According to a DIPR report, the Kendra (centre) will act as technical guidance for inhabitants of the districts to “catch the rain, where it falls, and when it falls.”
These JSKs will facilitate as a “knowledge centre” for disseminating information with regard to water conservation techniques and provide technical guidance to people about appropriate rainwater harvesting structures suitable to the climatic conditions and soil strata to be taken up to store rainwater.
Jal Shakti Abhiyan II campaign was launched in Nagaland on “World Water Day”, March 22, 2021 on the theme “catch the rain, where it falls, when it falls” along with the rest of the country
DIPR report informed that the campaign aims to nudge all stakeholders to adopt proper rainwater harvesting measures with people’s active participation and to spread awareness among the people on the need for water conservation.
Under the campaign, activities to be taken up include—drives to construct check dams, water harvesting pits, rooftop rainwater harvesting structures, removal of encroachments and de-silting tanks to increase their storage capacity, removal of obstructions in the channels which bring water to them from the catchment areas, etc.; repairs to step-wells and using defunct bore-wells and unused wells to put water back to aquifers, etc.
