Date: 31st January, 2024
SIGMA Foundation was engaged as an Independent Support Agency (ISA) for implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in October 2021 for a period of one year. The engagement has been renewed in 2022 and 2023 and this is the third year of continuous support that SIGMA Foundation has been providing to Aurangabad Zilla Parishad. Several activities have been taken up by SIGMA Foundation from the beginning of its functioning as ISA.
At the beginning of implementation of JJM in Aurangabad district, which started in Gangapur Taluka of the district) the team focused on strengthening the VWSC (Village Water Sanitation Committee) and helped them to open account so that public contribution can be deposited. The team mobilized the people and made them aware of the JJM and the PWSS to ensure that 10% of the fund required to install the Piped Water Supply System (PWSS) is deposited by the potential consumers as their share. Simultaneously, survey was conducted in the command area of the PWSS covering the GP to prepare a layout plan of the proposed PWSS so that every household can be provided with Functional House Tap Connection (FHTC) and the survey data was used to prepare the DPR for the PWSS by Aurangabad Zilla Parishad.
After preparation of DPR, the team visited each Villages in the Gangapur Taluka of Aurangabad District. They were in continuous touch with the Gram Panchayats and the villagers, advised and monitored the depth of excavation for laying pipeline, the bedding of soil, location of cattle trough etc. as per DPR and follow progress using a recap sheet.
The team closely monitored the pipe laying work right from when the layout was given which followed excavation and then pipe laying and eventually provided connection to the water supply through FHTC. About 13000 FHTCs have been provided under supervision of SIGMA Foundation officials since the project started.
The team also remained responsible for uploading the data in the E- Jal Shakti Website and Geo-tagging the source of water and the location of the ESR (Elevated Service Reservoir). The work has been completed in almost 210 villages of Gangapur block.
The other important work taken up by SIGMA Foundation was testing water quality for both chemical and bacteriological parameters and train. More than 500 women (Anganwadi worker or supervisor, ASHA and Jal Surakshak), covering the entire block, have been trained by our team so far.