write a report on the following topics under "SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN " carried out in your locality water harvesting
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Water is essential for human life. Various water sources include rain, streams,rivers, lakes, ponds, open wells, bore wells, tube wells etc. Every household needs water for a number of purposes like cooking, drinking, washing of utensils, cleaning of the house, bathing, washing of clothes, personal sanitation, for house hold animals and watering plants around the house. The challenge is to ensure water of adequate quality in sufficient quantities for each purpose so that the quality of life is improved.
The critical issue in water and sanitation is that of its usage for most purposes leads to further contamination of the remaining water. Extreme care and careful measures are required to avoid this. Thus, most of the sanitation activities are aimed at mitigating the contamination of soil and water sources. As part of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, a lot of activities are undertaken to ensure a clean India. Freedom from open defecation is the goal for all villages of India.
Why Panchayats?
The activities mentioned above conform to the subjects of the Panchayats as per the 11thSchedule of the 73rd amendment of the Constitution of India - Drinking water, Health and sanitation.
For a Swach Village, Gram Panchayats can work to:
ENSURE Identification of households without toilets for corrective action.
Toilet use and maintenance.
Facilities for solid and liquid waste management.
Water-use efficiency by rationalizing water use.
Inclusion of water and sanitation issues in Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP).
Compliance with environmental safeguards for all GPDP activities.
PROMOTE Hygiene education.
Toilets for all households and institutions.
Modern agriculture and water-use technologies to conserve water.
Water-use rationalization by selecting appropriate cropping patterns.
ESTABLISH Local environmental safeguard measures.
Surveillance of water bodies.
Safeguards for water bodies.
PLAN AND IMPLEMENT Environmental management framework.
Water supply schemes.
FACILITATE Appropriate irrigation methods
Regulation of water extraction based on demand yield match.
Participation of local commu