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services through sustainable approaches. The Trusts’ core   KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
                             focus is on promoting sustainable water management
                             through mitigation and adaptation strategies, with a focus   •  Initialising collaborations with state governments of
                             on climate change. Further, the Trusts believe in promoting   Gujarat, Uttarakhand,  Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh,
                             equal participation of women in water related activities    Maharashtra, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh,
                             and empowering them in overall water management.            Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, Punjab, Mizoram, and

                                                                                         Nagaland for implementing community-centric safe
                             Key objectives include                                      drinking water  programmes under the  scope of the

                                                                                         centre’s Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), which promises to
                             •  Providing safe drinking water to every household, by     provide safe, assured, and adequate drinking water to all
                               creating a user-centric and sustainable drinking water    rural households across the country by 2024.
                               service delivery mechanism.
                                                                                       •  Building sectoral capabilities through training and
                             •  Addressing water quality challenges through innovative,   capacity-building interventions for project teams. Over
                               context-specific and a ordable solutions at the            250 personnel from the Trusts and associate
                               community and household levels.                           organisations engaged in the JJM and Springshed

                                                                                         programmes    were   trained   on   the   planning,
                             •  Promoting water security approaches to make              implementation, and operations & maintenance aspects
                               communities self-reliant for their water needs (drinking,   of the project. Key thrust areas included mobilisation of
                               domestic, and agricultural).                              the community through a participatory approach to
                                                                                         develop strong village action plans at the village level,
                             •  Creating awareness among stakeholders through social-    monitoring and surveillance of water quality, and the
                               behavioural change communication                          development of water security plans to ensure

                                                                                         year-round water availability, along with improved
                             •  Providing information and sustainable solutions across   service delivery.
                               the value chain to promote safe and e ective menstrual
                               hygiene management.                                     •  Developing a comprehensive gender strategy and
                                                                                                                operational plan to enhance
                             •  Building a resilient ecosystem                                                  women’s engagement in JJM,
                               by developing an institutional                                                   including playing an important
                               structure and social capital.                                                    role at various stages of

                                                                                                                programme implementation.
                                                                                                                Further, monitoring indicators
                                                                                                                were designed to gauge the
                                                                                                                progress  and  impact  of this
                                                                                                                gender-balanced approach.


                                                                                                              • Piloting the Internet of Things
                                                                                                                (IoT) in  rural settings,  given
                                                                                                                that   the   changing    IT
                                                                                                                landscape  can  help fulfil  the



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