Ministry Of Water Resources River Development Ganga Rejuvenation

Ministry Of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Achievements in the Last One Year 04. 06. 2015

Objective of Ministry Water Resources • • Enhancing irrigation potential Bridging the Gap between IPC & IPU. Sustainable Ground Water Management & its Regulation Flood Management / flood forecasting. Enhancing water use efficiency and water conservation. Development of water resources data base for effective decision making Operationalizing National Water Policy River Development • • • Inter-Linking of Rivers River Basin Management for efficient utilisation of water Nurturing excellence & Innovation through R & D and Capacity Building Ganga Rejuvenation • • Ensure effective abatement of pollution and rejuvenation of the river Ganga Ensuring water quality and environmentally sustainable rejuvenation of the river Ganga

Ganga Rejuvenation • Structural Reorganization – Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission “Namami Gange” announced and budget allocations made (July 2014); Gazette Notification - 1 st of August 2014, for Ministry of (WR, RD & GR). – NGRBA reconstituted (29 th Sep 2014), meetings held ( 27 th of October 2014 – chaired by Minister, WR, RD, & GR and 26 th of March, 2015 – chaired by Hon’ble PM) • Stakeholder Consultations – – Ganga Manthan– National level stakeholder consultation (7 th of July 2014) Website of NMCG launched with platform for suggestions (12 th of September 2014), Suggestions from “mygov. in” considered regularly Consultation workshop with Industries ( 19 th September/ 8 th October 2014) • Strategy Formulation – Constitution of Group of Secretaries to finalize the action plan for Ganga Rejuvenation- 6 th June 2014, Submission of the report (28 th of August 2014) – Review by Hon’ble PM on 8 th September, 2014 and 6 th Jan 2015 – EFC meeting held on 30 th Dec 2014 – High Level Task Force (HLTF) constituted chaired by Cabinet Secretary, 2 meetings held – 13 th Feb & 5 th May 2015 3

Ganga Rejuvenation - 2 Cabinet approves – Rs 20, 000 Cr for Namami Gange for 2015 -20 on 13. 05 2015 • Projects ongoing in 50 towns (Rs 5900 crores) • Additional projects worth Rs. 1700 Cr slated for sanction Last Mile Projects (100% Town coverage of sewage treatment taken up/ongoing): • Allahabad; Varanasi; Haridwar (Preparations for upcoming Ardh Khumbh - Chandighat construction); Garhmukteshwar (Pilot Livelihood project for boatmen); Patna River Front Development; Sahibganj; Bhatpara, Kalyani, Gayespur, Halisahar • Kanpur –Jajmau tannery cluster, under process

Ganga Rejuvenation- 3 • Partnership launched with all 118 towns on the main stem • Ganga PIU being established in all 118 towns with rolling fund and dedicated staff under the Nirmal Ganga Sahbhagita scheme • Similar exercise with all 1649 Gram Panchayats • Project sponsoring facility launched with Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs /CSR funding to incubate innovation and expedite projects • Notices issued to all Municipalities(118 ULBs)/687 Grossly polluting industries – follow up on action plans

Ganga Rejuvenation- 4 • Bidders conference held with Mo. UD empanelled consultancy firms for DPRs and city plans • Market conference held with domestic/international sewage treatment industry- 268 participants • Conferences scheduled with District Magistrates of Ganga districts in May /June • Partnership with Affairs/NYKS/AYUSH Ministry of Youth • Projects formulated for tackling Ghat and river surface pollution- Aerators/trash skimmers/Solid waste collection • Eco-Task Force – being operationalized

Achievements - INTER-LINKING OF RIVERS Projects identified for fast tracking. • Ken-Betwa Link declared as National Project. Work on Forest; Wild life and Environment clearance at a fast pace • Meeting with CM Maharshtra to build consensus on Damanganga - Pinjal and Par-Tapi - Narmada links. • Detailed investigations of Mahanadi. Godavari link – focus on flood moderation helped in bringing Odisha onboard. Constitution of a Special Committee & Task Force on Inter-linking of Rivers

National Hydrology Project HP - I (1995 -2003) HP - II (2006 -2014) NHP INDIA Map not to scale On Going States New States • 9 States • 6 Central Agencies • 13 States • 8 Central Agencies Pan-India Cost – Rs 3640 crore NHP proposes: • Establishing and upgrading Hydro-met network in all the river basins; • Bringing the entire hydro-meteorological data on a standardised central database for easy storage, validation and dissemination; • Development of Decision Support Systems for flood forecasting, reservoir operations, water resources planning & management, conjunctive use etc. following a river basin approach; • Enhancing capacity of the States and increasing collaboration between Centre & States and amongst the States themselves. 8

STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATION • Three day conference "Jal Manthan" organized in November, 2014 – simplification of schemes. • Weekly review meetings conducted by Hon’ble Minister expedited decision making by removing bottlenecks

AWARENESS GENERATION • 3 rd India Water Week on theme “ Water Management for Sustainable Development” successfully organised during 13 -17 January, 2015. • “Hamara Jal-Hamara Jeewan” organised in 485 districts • 17. 34 lakh students from 18, 500 schools across the Country participated in National Level Painting Competition on Water conservation. • JAL Grams selected in States.

INITIATIVES IN PROGRESS Consequent to the visit of Hon’ble PM to Nepal, PDA for Pancheshwar Multipurpose Project on river Sarda set up. • Rs. 250 crore released for Polavaram Project • Siang Cabinet note

FLOOD FORECASTING • CWC started flood forecasting in J&K at Rammunshibagh on Jhelum near Srinagar. • New flood forecasting web site launched, as part of the E-governance initiatives for timely dissemination of flood data. • Effective advisories issued to States during unprecedented floods and very severe cyclonic storms (HUDHUD and NILOFER). • Regional office of GFCC opened at Lucknow.

ASSISTANCE TO STATES • Grant of Rs. 2610 crore released to 26 Major & Medium Irrigation Projects under AIBP - Creation of irrigation potential 5 lakh hectares. • Rs. 200 crore released for 50 projects under CADWM for creation of irrigation potential of 1. 5 lakh hectare. • Rs. 131 crore released to 1092 projects under RRR of water bodies. • Rs. 320 crore released to NCT of Delhi for water sector reforms including Rs. 50 crore for Renuka Dam Project. • Rs. 320. 23 crore released to States for 78 flood protection works.

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION • Loan assistance agreement for 33, 959 million Japanese Yen from JICA for Rengali Irrigation Sub-project, signed on 27. 3. 2015 • Fruitful collaboration with Australia and Germany • MOU between India and Bahrain on 22. 2. 2015 during the India Bahrain High Level Joint Commission Meeting at New Delhi.

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM • Web based water resources information system on GIS platform – India-WRIS maintained. Regularly updated data of CWC and CGWB placed on portal for public access. • 5 th Minor Irrigation Census has been undertaken for mapping of minor irrigation schemes in the Country. • 155 new Hydrological Observation Stations added in the network

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM contd. . . • A cumulative basin impact study for Siang sub-basin of Brahmaputra basin carried out and master plan based strategy on hydro development was developed paving way for development of 17, 800 MW hydropower • Rapid simulation study regarding formation of another landslide dam in North Western Himalayan region (near Phuktal) was conducted for suggesting measures for safe handling of the situation in the event of breach

Appraisal & Monitoring • Fully automated portal for online processing and monitoring of proposals under AIBP was launched • Appraisal of 4 irrigation (for irrigation to 2, 30, 417 Ha) and 12 flood protection (for protection to 1, 07, 687 Ha) completed. 42 new irrigation projects; 16 revised cost estimates are under appraisal.

Ground Water Management • Aquifer mapping 5. 89 lakh sq. km • A web based NOC for ground water extraction launched. • Three scientists of Central Ground Water Board Dr. D. Gyansundar, Dr. M. Sentil Kumar and Shri. N. Ramesh Kumar honoured with the prestigious National Geoscience Award by the Hon’ble President of India. • CGWB has been awarded “Special Achievement in GIS (SAG)” award at 15 th ESRI India User Conference for the application of GIS in data base management in ground water domain.

FOCUS ON NORTH - EAST • Visit of Hon’ble Minister to North East during February - Discussion with Hon’ble CMs of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam to build consensus on issue of Middle Siang Hydroelectric Project. • Visit to Majauli island on spot assessment of flood management. • Work started on establishment of NEBRRA.

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