Jalyukta Shivar Scrapped
The Maharashtra government has scrapped the Jalyukta Shivar , a water conservation project citing ‘substandard’ work carried out under Jalyukta Shivar.
Jalyukta Shivar
- Launched in December 2014 after Maharashtra experienced consecutive droughts, the project aimed at rolling out measures that could potentially mitigate water scarcity in the most drought-prone villages in a systematic manner.
- Nearly 52 per cent of the state’s geographical area is prone to drought, either naturally or due to poor rainfall.
- The project targeted strengthening and streamlining existing water resources like canals, bunds and ponds by arresting maximum run-off rainwater during monsoon.
- It tasked to widen and deepen ....
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