Read the below statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark the correct option: Assertion (A): Mission Amrit Sarovar promotes water conservation. Reason (R): It aims to construct 75 ponds in each district by 2024.
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
Mission Amrit Sarovar was launched on 24 April 2022 under the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav with the objective of constructing or rejuvenating at least 75 Amrit Sarovars (ponds) in every district of the country. Each pond has a minimum pondage area of 1 acre and a water-holding capacity of about 10,000 cubic metres.
Assertion (A): The mission squarely aims at conserving water through these ponds. True.
Reason (R): The 75-ponds-per-district target is a defining feature of the scheme. While the original deadline was 15 August 2023 and Phase I crossed 68,000 ponds by October 2024, the substantive claim that the mission targets 75 ponds in each district is correct. True.
R explains exactly how the mission promotes water conservation — by creating 75 large water bodies in each district — so R is the correct explanation of A.
Hence the answer is option 1.
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