NYKS Jammu and NDA organizes webinar on “Catch the rain, where it falls, when it falls”

An insightful webinar titled “Catch the Rain, where it falls, when it falls” was organized by Nations Development Association (NDA) in collaboration with Nehru Yuva Kendra Jammu under the Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Nisar Ahmed Butt Deputy Director Nehru Yuva Kendra Jammu, said that rainwater harvesting needs to be inculcated into the day-to-day habits of our everyday life to arrest the falling ground water tables.

Sushil Singh Charak said that National Water Mission’s (NWM) campaign “Catch the Rain” with the tagline “Catch the rain, where it falls, when it falls” is to nudge the states and stake-holders to create appropriate Rain Water Harvesting Structures (RWHS) suitable to the climatic conditions and sub-soil strata before monsoon. Under this campaign, drives to make check dams, water harvesting pits, rooftop RWHS etc.; removal of encroachments and de-silting of tanks to increase their storage capacity; removal of obstructions in the channels which bring water to them from the catchment areas etc.; repairs to step-wells and using defunct bore-wells and unused wells to put water back to aquifers etc. are to be taken up with the active participation of people. Ministry of Jal Shakti is taking up a nation-wide campaign “Jal Shakti Abhiyan : Catch the Rain” (JSA:CTR) focusing on saving and conserving rainwater with the theme “Catch the rain, where it falls, when it falls” from 22 March 2021 to 30 November, 2021 in the pre-monsoon and monsoon periods of 2021, covering both urban and rural areas of all the districts in the country.

Er. Surinder Devgowda Former Executive Engineer Jal Shakti Department Govt. J&K, said that National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti launched a campaign “Catch the Rain” with the tag line “Catch the rain, where it falls, when it falls” in 2020 to nudge the states and all stakeholders to create Rain Water Harvesting Structures (RWHS) suitable to the climatic conditions and sub-soil strata, with people’s active participation. As a preparatory step for the “Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain” campaign in 2021, a massive awareness drive was launched on 21st December 2020 in collaboration with the “Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan” (NYKS) involving Youth Clubs in 623 districts across the country including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Sham Sundhar Adlakha Managing Director Hotel Mount View International Katra, Surinder Devgowda Former Executive Engineer Jai Shakti Abhiyan (PHE) J&K, Sushil Singh Charak Social Activist and Er. Arun and Diksha Sharma  Resource Person, Shaveta Sharma Nehru Yuva Kendra Jammu Volunteers, Shaveta Sharma, AshokKumar, Mohit Sharma. Bunty kumar, Shallu kumara, Tarun Dutt, Vishal Sharma, Priyanka Sharma, Priya, Tanu kumar, Mamta khajuria, Sahil Sharma and Gifty were also present on the occasion.