Uttarakhand Chief Secretary AK Jain said that ground water resources were being depleted by uncontrolled exploitation of water resources. He said that it has become imperative to manage this precious resource with utmost care. Chairing the meeting of Ground Water Management organised by Central Ground Water Board on Thursday, Jain said that a Ground Water Resource Centre would be established in the State.
He said that this centre would carry out aquifer mapping for groundwater in all districts. He observed that normally it was seen that water resources were exploited without any assessments and later water scarcity was experienced. He said that under the national project, aquifer mapping would be conducted in 7700 square kilometre area in Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital districts under 12th Five Year Plan.
The mapping would be conducted in the remaining districts under 13th Five Year Plan. Jain said that considering difficult topography of Uttarakhand it was essential to conserve water and in such conditions the national project would prove beneficial for the State.
Regional director of Central Ground Water Board Ratan Chandra Jain, apprising about the national project on Aquifer Management, said that Uttarakhand had been identified for aquifer mapping under 12th and 13th Five Year Plans. He said that a State committee would be constituted under chief secretary with principal secretaries Irrigation, Finance, Peyjal, Science and Technology, Forest, Mini Irrigation, Jal Sansthan, Swajal and Agriculture nominated as its members.
Similarly District level committees would also be formed under District Magistrates with Chief Development Officer and officers of other related departments as members. Both State and District committees would prepare action plan and submit it to the Central Government after which the Centre would allocate fund for the projects.
The chief secretary further said that a workshop would be organised on February 15 on ground water management. Principal secretaries S Raju, Radha Raturi, S Ramaswami, secretaries RC Pathak, Bhaskaranand, Vinod Fonia and other senior officers were also present in the meeting.
He said that this centre would carry out aquifer mapping for groundwater in all districts. He observed that normally it was seen that water resources were exploited without any assessments and later water scarcity was experienced. He said that under the national project, aquifer mapping would be conducted in 7700 square kilometre area in Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital districts under 12th Five Year Plan.
The mapping would be conducted in the remaining districts under 13th Five Year Plan. Jain said that considering difficult topography of Uttarakhand it was essential to conserve water and in such conditions the national project would prove beneficial for the State.
Regional director of Central Ground Water Board Ratan Chandra Jain, apprising about the national project on Aquifer Management, said that Uttarakhand had been identified for aquifer mapping under 12th and 13th Five Year Plans. He said that a State committee would be constituted under chief secretary with principal secretaries Irrigation, Finance, Peyjal, Science and Technology, Forest, Mini Irrigation, Jal Sansthan, Swajal and Agriculture nominated as its members.
Similarly District level committees would also be formed under District Magistrates with Chief Development Officer and officers of other related departments as members. Both State and District committees would prepare action plan and submit it to the Central Government after which the Centre would allocate fund for the projects.
The chief secretary further said that a workshop would be organised on February 15 on ground water management. Principal secretaries S Raju, Radha Raturi, S Ramaswami, secretaries RC Pathak, Bhaskaranand, Vinod Fonia and other senior officers were also present in the meeting.
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