About:
- Jalyukta Shivar scheme is a Flagship scheme of Maharashtra State Government.
- Launched in: 2016
- Objective: The water conservation scheme aims to make Maharashtra a drought-free state by 2019. The programme aims to make 5000 villages free of water scarcity every year.
- Strategy: The scheme is aimed at storing water at the village level and increasing ground water content.
Recent criticism by opposition parties:
- Opposition parties are claiming that despite higher percentage of rainfall in 2018, in comparison with the previous years, the number of water tankers currently deployed has increased. This raises a serious question over the efficiency of Flagship scheme of State Government.
- However, the government replied that it is the month with the highest scarcity of water.
