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 ....