Jal Jeevan Mission has brought in a new dawn of accountability wherein the people can question their elected representatives. Explain (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
· Jal Jeevan Mission aims to provide each and every household in rural India safe and adequate drinking water and through tap connections by 2024.
· JJM has a mobile-friendly dashboard. It is a tool for voluntary public accountability for several reasons.
· It has details of the number of households in which are taps are installed, and assured potable water is available in a state, city, district, village or block. This data is collected and updated in real-time.
· The details of potable tap water connections in schools and anganwadis.
· JJM empowers the local government and is based on a community approach.
· The dashboard also has details of the water utility management team of the village.
· This includes Gram Panchayat, Pani Samiti members, the person responsible for operation and management, women identified for field test kit (FTK) testing. It has a working e-grievance redressal mechanism.
· Sensor-based Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are being deployed, which will be able to gauge the amount of water being discharged in each and every water tank
· Further, there are systems of checks and balances to ensure that data is not fudged.
