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Being to
start on May 30, 2007, postponed and now no Jal Chetana Yatra in
before monsoon.
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June,
10, 2007: The state government of Rajasthan has decided not to
conduct the Jal Chtna Yatra in rura areas of the state during the monsoon
season. The government had postponed the campaign several times
earlier. Owing the Gujjar agitation it postponed the drive to June
11, 2007 but now it has decided to hold it after the monsoon
season.
Last year it
was launched launched on May 16, 2006 with fanfare from various district by the Chief Minister,
Speaker and Ministers. During the campaign, farmers were
told about agriculture and animal husbandry related activities.
Last year Chief Minister, Vasundhara Raje flagged off the month long
Yatra from
Sikar on May 16, 2006.
In the JAL Chetana Yatra in 2006, the state government
started one-year water conservation campaign and Rs.400 crore were spent on water harvesting, management and better utilisation
technique.
Education Minister Ghanshyam Tiwari, inaugurated
the Jal Chetna Yatra from Jaipur, and Speaker Sumitra Singh presided over the Jal Chetna Yatra
function at Jhunjhunu asked the people to use water like rare
commodity which would go long way in saving it. Public Works
Minister Rajendra Singh Rathore warned the audience at Dholpur that
they must avoid criminal wastage of water as it would land them in
serious trouble.
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Last Jal Chetna
Yatra started on May 16, 2006 with decorated chariot from each
district Headquarters and covered 18,000 villages of State. The Yatra covered each Panchyat and a
prominent village of Panchyat where good number of people gathered. In the first phase
of awareness programmes during this comaign, around 1 lakh water
harvesting structure were made by the State. Animal Husbandry Department conducted
vaccination of around 10 lakhs animals, distributed one lakh kits of
materials mixture for animals and inform people about the low income
group (LIG) people or poultry and fishing. The cooperative
department distributed 50,000 cheque of agriculture loans. Small Scale Industries (SSIs) Department released
around 50,000 identity cards to new artisans.
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