With a view to monitor the rural drinking water supply systems in villages, ministry of Jal Shakti has decided to take the digital route to use sensor-based IoT devices to effectively monitor the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in more than six lakh villages
Bengaluru: With a view to monitor the rural drinking water supply systems in villages, ministry of Jal Shakti has decided to take the digital route to use sensor-based IoT devices to effectively monitor the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) in more than six lakh villages, reports Swarajya.
The website notes that for this purpose, National Jal Jeevan Mission in collaboration with Tata Community Initiatives Trust (TCIT) and Tata Trusts completed pilot projects in several remote villages of five States i.e. Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Himachal Pradesh.
In a statement, the ministry said that a key feature of these pilots has been the use of frugal yet sturdy sensors, which makes the solution scalable and sustainable.
Several types of sensors have been deployed including flow meters, ground water level sensors, chlorine analyzers, pressure sensors, pump controller etc. to measure all the relevant aspects of water service delivery – quantity, duration, quality, pressure, and sustainability – in addition to providing operational efficiencies. The cloud and analytics powered IoT Platform is integrated with a GIS (Geographical Information System) providing a robust decision support system, the website notes additionally.
By using the Internet of Things (IoT) based remote monitoring, it only provides near real-time information without any manual intervention by using sensors. This would not only allow effective monitoring and management on-ground, but also enables real-time visibility to State water supply/ PHED officials, and citizens.
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