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CBSE student to save at least 1 litre of water at home & school, Indore schools support the move


The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has directed its affiliated schools to make sure that all the students in the respective schools save at least one litre of water at home and the schools daily.
The new directives issued by board have been initiated to make all the schools and the students take part in the Jal Shakti Abhiyaan. The board has also directed the schools to compulsory create an eco-club along with strengthening the existing ones. 
The chairperson of CBSE Anita Karwal said that although the eco clubs will continue promoting the environment and climate literacy motivating the students to become champions for environmental sustainability while the base of these year’s co-curricular activities from the primary to the senior secondary will be water conservation.
She added that the CBSE schools will follow an agenda for this academic year. “This initiative will make sure that every child in the CBSE schools from classes 5 to 12 will save at least one litre of water every day at home and at school and the schools will set a target to become water-efficient in the next three years,” Anita said, pointing out the aim of the drive.
Jal Shakti Abhiyan is a collaborative effort of various Ministries of the Government of India and State Governments, being coordinated by Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation. Teams of officers from the central government will visit and work with district administration in 1592 water stressed blocks in 256 districts, to ensure five important water conservation interventions.
These will be water conservation and rainwater harvesting, renovation of traditional and other water bodies/tanks, reuse, bore well recharge structures, watershed development and intensive afforestation.
 These water conservation efforts will also be supplemented with special interventions including the development of Block and District Water Conservation Plans, promotion of efficient water use for irrigation and better choice of crops through Krishi Vigyan Kendras.
The monsoon phase of Jal Abhiyaan began on July 1 and will continue till September 15. An additional Phase 2 will be run from October 1, 2019 to November 30, 2019.
Indore schools support the move
Representing CBSE schools of Indore, Reena Khurana, chairperson of Sahodaya group of CBSE schools, supported the move and said, “These are basic life lesson, which must be inculcated in children from a nascent age and all the schools support the move.” She added that parents’ participation would be essential to impart eh lesson successfully.

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