Woman Water Conservation CLUB constituted for rural women.

Shyam Sood
Rajouri June 18 :–District Administration Rajouri in a first-of-its-kind initiative has constituted ‘Women Water Conservation Club (WWCC) especially for the welfare of women in rural areas facing difficulties in fetching drinking water after covering long distances in the scorching heat.
Rajesh Kumar Shavan, Deputy Commissioner (DC) today launched the e-registration for the ‘Women Water Conservation Club’ and Shabana Azmin, Chief Accounts Officer was nominated as the Nodal Officer for WWCC.
Under this initiative, the suffering women could gather to discuss and deliberate upon water-related issues and grievances.
The club will have seven other executive members and the e-registration was launched in the presence of Shabana Azmin; Women Welfare Officer, Dr. Anum Mirza; Administrator One Step Center (OSC), Nitu Sharma.
Rural women who are the main sufferers of the water crisis can play a pivotal role in water conservation.
They walk to fetch it, sometimes traveling miles carrying plastic or earthenware pots to the nearest safe source regularly repeating the journey up to three times a day.
“Keeping this in view the difficulties being faced by these women, the Administration has decided to set up an exclusive women cell where the women could gather to discuss and deliberate upon water-related issues and grievances,” said DC.
Rajesh Kumar Shavan, DC asked the concerned officers to disseminate the message of water conservation to the public, especially the womenfolk in the rural areas as women are the most sufferers in times of water scarcity.
He also urged the women of the district to ensure their maximum registration with the club and also advised them to play a constructive role in water conservation and preservation by ensuring the judicious use of this valuable gift of nature.