<span style="color: #222222;">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 (JSA), which will be launched from the 1st of July. <br />'' <br />'' An order issued by the Personnel Ministry said, these officers will be working with a team of Central government officers of the Director or Deputy Secretary level, groundwater scientists and engineers, apart from state and district teams.<br />'' <br />'' These teams will visit identified blocks and districts, and coordinate the implementation of various water harvesting and conservation measures.<br />'' <br />'' The Jal Shakti Abhiyan aims at making water conservation and promotion of irrigation efficiency a Jan Andolan through asset creation and communication campaigns.<br />''<br />''The government has identified 255 districts in 36 states and Union territories. It has further earmarked 1,593 water-stressed blocks, including 313 critical ones.</span>