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What is Jal Shakti Abhiyan India?

Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) is a time-bound, mission-mode water conservation campaign. It was launched to encourage water conservation at the grassroots level via active participation of people. JSA: CTR includes creation/maintenance of water conservation & rainwater harvesting structures; renovation of traditional and other water bodies/ tanks; reuse and recharge of bore wells; watershed development; and intensive afforestation. Another important activity of the JSA: CTR is the preparation of a district-wise geo-tagged inventory of all water bodies, its ground-truthing and the preparation of scientific water conservation plans based on it.

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