Jal Jeevan Mission

In such areas, local innovations/ technological solutions will be explored. Suggestive technological solutions to address challenges in the supply of drinking water are as under: Solar energy based stand-alone water supply systems for scattered/ isolated/ tribal/ hilly villages. Community Water Purification Plant (CWPP) in groundwater contaminated areas. In cold deserts, solutions may be explored to enhance and store run-off water in small tanks - traditional water harvesting structure, i.e. Zings of Ladakh. Further, artificial glacial reservoirs may be created by diverting the run-off to freeze & store as glacier. In hard rock areas, bore-blast technique, fracture seal cementation, stream blasting, etc. may be explored. In hilly areas, adopting spring-based sources, rain water harvesting and standalone bore-well systems (if feasible) will be explored. In coastal areas, energy efficient small desalination plants with high recovery ratio will be explored, along with construction of sub-surface dykes in rivers. Use of Internet of Things (IoT), Geographic Information System (GIS) software, etc., will be required for planning and monitoring.