Srinagar: A review meeting regarding the creation of Out-Village infrastructure for Rural Piped Water Supply Schemes (RPWSS) was held today under the chairmanship of the Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Mission, Jammu & Kashmir.
The meeting was attended by Chief Engineers, Jal Shakti Department, Superintending Engineers (Hydraulic) of all circles, Technical Officers with Chief Engineer, PHE Jammu/Kashmir and officers of Mission Directorate, Jal Jeevan Mission.
The meeting focused on accelerating the preparation and uploading of infrastructure details required for the Out-Village component of RPWSS, as mandated under the Jal Jeevan Mission digital framework.
During the meeting, the Mission Director emphasized the need for timely and accurate configuration of scheme architecture, ensuring complete mapping of existing and proposed water infrastructure, including sources, reservoirs, treatment systems, pumping systems, and transmission networks.
To streamline the process, the technical team presented step-by-step guidance for RPWSS creation, based on an illustrated flow framework which included Identification and merging or demerging of schemes for RPWSS ID creation, Selection of villages benefiting from the scheme and associated habitations, Mapping of water sources, including newly added sources where required, Incorporation of raw water reservoirs followed by Raw water transmission mains, Valves and hydraulic control components, Entry of Water Treatment Plants (WTPs) associated with the scheme, Addition of Clear Water Transmission (CWT) mains and valves, Mapping of pump houses (non-gravity systems), Integration of MBR/ZBR units and Overhead Tanks (OHTs), Entry of Feeder Mains up to distribution point.
The Mission Director reiterated that all divisions must ensure complete, verified, and field-reflective documentation before uploading the final structure into the system to avoid discrepancies during validation and implementation.
He urged the circles to provide information of these mother-child schemes so that single ID’s are created for these schemes as directed by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, National Jal Jeevan Mission.
The MD directed the Superintending Engineers to complete the process on war footing basis which will ensure assured funding in future for these schemes. The meeting was informed that technical sessions regarding creation of RPWSS ID’s will be held with divisions in coming days for handholding of divisional staff, so that the whole process is completed within the set timelines.
The MD also reviewed the circle-wise mapping of the pipeline laid under PM Gati Shakti. He directed the concerned SE’s to speed up the process of pipeline mapping and uploading on the PM Gati Shakti.
