Union Minister for Jal Shakti released the Manual for Disaster Management Plan during the two-day national conference of Rural WASH Partners Forum at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi which culminated on Saturday. The Manual is developed by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation to ensure safety, uninterrupted supply, and minimum loss of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) assets and services involving stakeholders at national, state, district, and village level. The Plan aligns with the two-flagship programmes on WASH implemented by the Department namely the Jal Jeevan Mission and Swachh Bharat Mission-Grameen. The objective of the Disaster Management Plan is to ensure immediate WASH response to disasters as per the agreed standards, enhance WASH resilience to reduce disaster vulnerability and develop a plan which caters to disaster preparedness, response, recovery, reconstruction and mitigation.