<span style="color: #222222;">Jal Shakti Abhiyan will be launched across the country from today to accelerate water harvesting and conservation measures. <br />''<br />''The scheme is aimed at making water conservation and promotion of irrigation efficiency a mass movement through asset creation and communication campaigns. <br />''<br />''Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat will launch the scheme from New Delhi. <br />''<br />''Over 250 officers, including Additional and Joint Secretaries, have been appointed as in-charge of water-stressed districts in the country to plan ways to conserve the natural resource. <br />''<br />''They have been appointed as Central Prabhari Officers of 255 water-stressed districts for coordinating the Jal Shakti Abhiyan.<br />''<br />'' These teams will visit identified blocks and districts, and coordinate the implementation of various water harvesting and conservation measures.<br />''<br />''In his Mann Ki Baat programme on All India Radio, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had yesterday called upon people to start a mass movement for water conservation and resolve to save every drop of water amidst water scarcity in several parts of the country. <br />''<br />''Mr Modi said an awareness campaign should be started which should not only focus on water-related problems but also propagate ways to save water.</span><br />