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PRESENTATION BEFORE SECRETARY ( Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation ). Vision. “ Optimum and sustainable utilization of Water Resources” Mission
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PRESENTATION BEFORE SECRETARY (Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation)
Vision “Optimum and sustainable utilization of Water Resources” Mission To develop and implement policies, programmes and practices, which would enable the efficient and effective use of the country’s water resourcesin an equitable and sustainable manner with active involvement of stakeholders as also enable the management of floods and to disseminate information, skills and knowledge, which would help in capacity building and mass awareness.
OBJECTIVES • Rejuvenation of River Ganga and its tributaries • Implementation of National Water Policy, 2012 • Sustainable Ground Water Management & its Regulation • Development of water resources data base and Flood Management / flood forecasting • Creation of irrigation potential and Reducing Gap between the Irrigation Potential Created (IPC) & Irrigation Potential Utilized (IPU) . • Nurturing excellence & Innovation through Research & Development and Capacity Building. . • Promotion of increase in water use efficiency and awareness for water conservation. • Planning & Integrated implementation of measures for management of floods and bank erosion. • National Water Mission with its 5 goals
National Water Policy Adopted by National Water Resources Council chaired by PM in December, 2012. It takes cognizance of the existing situation, proposes plan of action with a unified national perspective, emphasizing inter-alia water demand management and adaptation strategies to address issues of climate change etc.
Water Scenario in India – contd.. Reducing per capita water availability Per capita water availability in m3 /year Water stress 1700 m3/capita/year Water scarcity 1000 m3/capita/year
Water Scenario in India 1123 BCM – Annual Average Availability of Water 1180 843 Billion Cubic Metres • Water Use Efficiency low 35 - 45% • against 50% - 60% in developed countries
Evolution of Ministry of Water Resources • August 1952 – Ministry of Irrigation and Power • November 1974 – Separate Department of Irrigation (Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation) • June 1980 – Full fledged Ministry of Irrigation • January 1985 – Ministry of Irrigation and Power • September 1985 – Ministry of Water Resources created by upgrading Department of Irrigation. • July 2014-Renamed as Ministry of Water Resources ,RD & GR
Constitutional Provisions on Water In the Constitution, water is a matter included in Entry 17 of List-II i.e. State List. This entry is subject to the provision of Entry 56 of List-I i.e. Union List. Entry 17 of List II (State List) of the 7th Schedule “Water, that is to say, water supplies, irrigation and canals, drainage and embankments, water storage and water power subject to provisions of entry 56 of List I.” Entry 56 of List I (Union List) of the 7th Schedule “Regulation and development of inter-state rivers and river valleys to the extent to which such regulation and development under the control of the Union is declared by Parliament by law to be expedient in the public interest.”
Constitutional Provisions on Water contd… • Art. 262 Disputes relating to Water - Adjudication of disputes relating to waters of inter-State rivers or river valleys • Parliament may by law provide for the adjudication of any dispute or complaint with respect to the use, distribution or control of the waters of, or in, any inter-State river or river valley. 2. Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution, Parliament may by law provide that neither the Supreme Court nor any other court shall exercise jurisdiction in respect of any such dispute or complaint as is referred to in clause (1). Inter State Water Disputes Act, 1956 provides for setting up of Tribunals (Draft Bill for Amendment along with the Note for the Cabinet, as vetted by MoL&J is under consideration in the office of Hon’ble Minister, WR,RD & GR before its circulation to concerned Central Ministries and PMO. 13
Mandate of Ministry • Development, conservation and management of water as a national resource. • Overall national perspective of water planning & coordination in relation to diverse uses of water and interlinking of rivers • Water laws and legislations. • NGRBA including the Mission Directorate, NMCG & other related matters of Ganga Rejuvenation. • Conservation, development, management and abatement of pollution in river Ganga and its tributaries. • Addressing inter-State and trans-boundary issues. • Bilateral and multi-lateral cooperation. • Matters relating to rivers common to India and neighboring countries. • General policy, guidelines and programmes for development and regulation of country’s water resources. • Water resources assessment. • Water quality assessment
Organizational Chart of MoWR,RD & GR Minister (Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation) Sushri Uma Bharati Minister of State (Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation) Prof. Sanwar Lal Jat Secretary Shri Shashi Shekhar Mission Director (NWM) Shri Nikhilesh Jha Special Secretary Dr. Amarjit Singh ADG (Stat) (Mr. Sarvesh Kumar) Joint Secretary (Admn & GW) Dr. Amita Prasad Joint Secretary (Policy & Planning) Dr. B. Rajender Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor Shri Jagmohan Gupta Joint Secretary & MD (NMCG) Commissioner (FM) Shri Chottey Lal Commissioner (B&B) Shri T S Mehra Commissioner (Indus) Shri K.Vohra Commissioner (State Projects/CAD) Shri Pradeep Kumar JS (Peninsular Rivers) R.K. Gupta Economic Advisor Shri K.M.M. Alimalmigothi Advisor (C&M/NWM) Dr. M.SatyaNaryana Adviser (Tech.)-NWM Sh. Joginder Singh
Organizations Under Ministry • Attached Offices • Central Water Commission, Delhi • Central Soil and Material Research Station, Delhi
Organizations Under Ministry Subordinate Offices Central Ground Water Board, Faridabad Central Water and Power Research Station, Pune Ganga Flood Control Commission, Patna Farakka Barrage Project, Farakka SardarSarovar Construction Advisory Committee, Vadodara Bansagar Control Board, Rewa Upper Yamuna River Board, Delhi Polavaram Project Authority
Organizations Under Ministry Statutory Bodies Brahmaputra Board, Guwahati Narmada Control Authority, Indore Betwa River Board, Jhansi Tungbhadra Board, Hospet Godavari River Management Board Krishna River Management Board • Autonomous Bodies • National Water Development Agency, Delhi • National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee
Organizations Under Ministry • Public Sector Enterprises • WAPCOS Limited, Delhi • National Projects Construction Corporation Limited, Faridabad
OVERVIEW OF PLAN OUTLAY FOR MoWR, RD & GR Rs. in crore
12th PLAN OUTLAY & Exp CCEA/EFC STATUS & BE 2015-16 CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEMES (CSS) (Rs. in Crore)
12th PLAN OUTLAY & Exp CCEA/EFC STATUS & BE 2015-16 CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEMES (CSS) (Contd…) (Rs. in Crore)
12th PLAN OUTLAY & Exp CCEA/EFC STATUS & BE 2015-16 CENTRAL SECTOR SCHEMES (Contd…) (Rs. in Crore)
12th PLAN OUTLAY & Exp CCEA/EFC STATUS & BE 2015-16 CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES Rs. in crore
Growth of Irrigation Potential Created (Cumulative) -Major and Medium Irrigation Sector
Flood Management(Area in Mha) • Total max. flood affected area 49.815 • Area that could be provided with 39.852 reasonable degree of protection • Area protected against floods 18.78 (March 2013)
Thrust Areas - XII Plan • Revamping of AIBP by merger of AIBP and CAD&WM • Aquifer mapping of entire country within the 12th and 13th Five Year Plans • National Water Mission - one of the eight National Missions of National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC) to address issues relating to climate change • Up-gradation of the National Research Institutions to International standards
Thrust Areas - XII Plan contd… • To strengthen India’s capacity to provide technical assistance to other developing countries at par with the developed countries • To strengthen State level institutions like WALMIs to cater training and awareness building at the grass root level to support the National Water Mission • For promoting basin level integrated water resources management, Central Water Commission (CWC) is being restructured to strengthen its capacity etc.
Ganga Rejuvenation • Structural Reorganization • Integrated Ganga Conservation Mission “Namami Gange” announced and budget allocations made (July 2014); Gazette Notification - 1st of August 2014, for Ministry of (WR, RD & GR). • NGRBA reconstituted (29th Sep 2014), meetings held ( 27th of October 2014 – chaired by Minister, WR, RD, & GR and 26th of March, 2015 – chaired by Hon’ble PM) • Stakeholder Consultations • Ganga Manthan– National level stakeholder consultation (7th of July 2014) • Website of NMCG launched with platform for suggestions (12th of September 2014), • Suggestions from “mygov.in” considered regularly • Consultation workshop with Industries ( 19th September/ 8th October 2014) • Strategy Formulation • Constitution of Group of Secretaries to finalize the action plan for Ganga Rejuvenation- 6th June 2014, Submission of the report (28th of August 2014) • Review by Hon’ble PM on 8th September, 2014 and 6th Jan 2015 • EFC meeting held on 30th Dec 2014 • High Level Task Force (HLTF) constituted chaired by Cabinet Secretary, 2 meetings held – 13th Feb & 5th May 2015
Ganga Rejuvenation - 2 Cabinet approves – Rs 20,000 Cr for NamamiGange 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 ArdhKhumbh- Chandighat construction); Garhmukteshwar (Pilot Livelihood project for boatmen); Patna River Front Development; Sahibganj; Bhatpara, Kalyani, Gayespur, Halisahar • Kanpur –Jajmautannery 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 Sahbhagitascheme • 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 MoUD 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 Ministry of Youth Affairs/NYKS/AYUSH • Projects formulated for tackling Ghat and river surface pollution- Aerators/trash skimmers/Solid waste collection • Eco-Task Force – being operationalized
National Hydrology Project INDIA Map not to scale On Going States New States HP - I (1995-2003) HP - II (2006-2014) NHP • 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. 34
Water Quality Assessment Authority • WQAA was constituted under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for uniformity in water quality monitoring and directing the concerned agencies to take effective measures for mitigating the contamination of the surface and ground water. • WQAA functions under the Chairmanship of Secretary, MoE, F & CC. It has 16 members. Joint Secretary (A), MoWR, RD & GR is the Member Secretary of WQAA. The secretarial services to WQAA is being provided by the Water Quality Cell of MoWR, RD & GR. • The Authority has been vested with the powers under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for issuing directions and for taking measures with respect to matters referred to in clauses (ix), (xi), (xii) and (xiii) of sub-section 2 of Section 3 of the Act.
Aquifer Mapping & Management: Project Activities Scientific data generation through Surveys, Investigations, Field studies and drillings. Use of digital satellite data for capturing data on geomorphology, land use, vegetation, soil moisture to generate various thematic layers/maps. Develop Aquifer Response Models for sustainable usage of ground water resources. Prepare Aquifer Management Plans for different aquifers and implement through participation of community.
Project Objectives • Aquifer Maps on 1:50,000 & 1:10,000 scales in 3Dimensions (3D) • Target Area : 23.25 Lakh Km2 in XII and XIIIPlan, 8.89 lakh sq.km in XII Plan alone (1:50,000); Priority : Over-Exploited, Critical and Semi-critical areas as well as water quality and other vulnerable areas. • Regulate and control development and management of ground water resources. • Capacity building of Government officials, functionaries of Panchayati Raj Institutions and grass root workers; Enhanced coordination among stakeholders, particularly, concerned Central / State Government Organizations.
National Water Mission a. Comprehensive water data base in public domain and assessment of the impact of climate change on water resources b. Promotion of citizen and state actions for water conservation, augmentation and preservation c. Focused attention to vulnerable areas including over-exploited areas d. Increasing water use efficiency by 20% e. Promotion of basin level integrated water resources management
INTER-STATE WATER DISPUTE TRUBUNALS I. Water Disputes Tribunals – Awards finalized • Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal (July, 1980) • Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal – I (May, 1976) • Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal (Dec., 1979) II. Existing Water Disputes Tribunals • Ravi-Beas Water Disputes Tribunal • (Final award awaited. Presidential Reference pending before Supreme Court, as such matter is sub-judice) • Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal • (Award published on 19th Feb 2013. Hearing on Further reference isgoing on . Meanwhile, Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by party States in Hon’ble Supreme Court pending and as such the matter is sub-judice.) • Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal (KWDT) – II • (Final award notification stayed by Supreme Court. Term extended till • 31st July, 2016 as per Section 89 of Andhra Pradesh Re-organisation Act, 2014) • Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal (under adjudication) • Vansadhara Water Disputes Tribunal(under adjudication)
Inter-state Dispute resolution Tamil Nadu and Karnataka • The award of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal (2007) on the dispute related to distribution of Cauvery water amongst party States including Tamil Nadu and Karnataka has been published on 19.02.2013 and pro tem Supervisory Committee has been set up for implementation of the same.
Special Committee on ILR • Four meetings of the Special Committee for Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) have been held so far. The meeting has been attended by the State Irrigation/Water Resources Ministers of various States along with their Secretaries. • MoWR,RD&GR has constituted the Task Force on Inter linking of Rivers and four other sub-committees to look in to issues of the Inter-linking of rivers.
Sl. Name of Rivers States Status No. Link/Project concerned 1 Ken - Betwa Ken & Betwa Uttar Pradesh DPR of Phase - I project has been (Phase - I) and Madhya completed & is under appraisal in Pradesh CWC. The issues related to Envir onment, Forests and Wildlife clearances are being actively resolved with the Ministry of Environment and Forest . 2. Ken - Betwa Ken & Betwa Uttar Pradesh DPR has been completed and (Phase - II) and Madhya submitted to Government of Pradesh Madhya Pradesh a nd Uttar Pradesh vide NWDA letter dated January 17, 2014. 3 Damanganga - Damanganga Gujarat & DPR has been completed in Pinjal & Pinjal Maharashtra March, 2014 and sent to Govt. of Maharashtra and Gujarat on 09.04.2014. 4 Par - Tapi - Par, Tapi & Gujarat & DPR is under progress and Narmada N armada Maharashtra scheduled to be completed by June’ 2015 . Status of preparation of Detailed Project Reports for Inter Basin Water Transfer Links of NPP Interlinking of rivers
Inter Linking of Rivers (ILR)- Details/Status of preparation of DPR for Intra-State Links Sl. Name of link Rivers States Status No. concerned 1 Burhi Gandak – Burhi Biha r DPR has been completed and Noon – Gandak submitted to Government of Bihar Baya – and vide NWDA letter dated Ganga link Ganga December 30, 2013. 2 Kosi – Mechi Kosi Bihar DPR has been completed and sent Link and to Govt. of Bihar vide NWDA Mechi letter dated April 02, 2014. 3. Ponnnaiyar – Ponnnaiyar Tamil DPR is under progress and Palar A nd Nadu scheduled to be completed by July , l ink Palar 2015. 4 Wainganga Wainganga Maharashtra DPR is under progress and (Gosikurd) – and scheduled to be completed by Nalganga Purna Tapi March , 2017. (Purna Tapi) link 5 Barkar - Barkar, Jharkhand DPR taken up in April, 2014 and Damodar - Damodar scheduled to be completed by Subernarekha and March, 201 7 . Link Subernarekha
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION • Pakistan (Indus Waters Treaty 1960) • A Commissioner from each country is appointed to implement the Treaty. The two Commissioners together form the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC). • Tours of PIC in Indus basin to ascertain developments/ facts. • Meeting of PIC at least once a year. • Exchange of daily river flow data of rivers in Indus basin every month (India-280 sites; Pakistan –345 sites) • Advance flood messages to Pakistan during monsoon (July 1st to Oct 10th ) every year. • Nepal • Pancheshwar Mutipurpose Project (5600 MW) • Sapta Kosi High Dam Multipurpose Project & Sunkosi cum Diversion Scheme (3300 MW)
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION • China • Flood related information on Indus and Brahamputra is received • Bhutan • 32 Hydrological Stations maintained for flood related information. • Bangladesh • Flood data of Trans-boundary river provided to Bangladesh, during monsoon, for flood forecast . • Joint River Commission, headed by Hon’ble Water Resources Ministers of both Countries, set up in 1972, to address issues relating to water sector. • Japan • MoU signed with JICA and GOI on 30.3.2015 to provide 33,959 million yen for the Rengali Irrigation Project Phase-II (Odisha) • Australia • MoU signed between Governments of Australia and Bahrain and India in the field of water resources management
e-Governance • Web based water resources information system on GIS platform – India-WRIS was maintained. Unclassified data of CWC and CGWB placed on portal for public access. • A Web based portal for monitoring and release under AIBP proposals is being started. The portal has been circulated to States for its testing. • A web based application for issuing NOC for ground water extraction by industries / infrastructure / mining projects launched by Hon’ble Union Minister on 28th January, 2015.
Information, Education & Communication • IEC component is the largest component of Human Resource Development and Capacity Building Scheme with an estimated allocation of Rs.151 crore during the XII Five Year Plan. • Its main function is to Create awareness about importance of development & management of water resources in holistic manner. • Major Activities of IEC • Electronic & print media campaign • Three tier Painting Competition • Organisation / participation in workshops / seminars • Organisation/participation in fairs, exhibitions • Organisation of ‘India Water Week’ • Jal KrantiAbhiyan was launched on 5.6.2015.
CPGRAMS Status • Grievances received during 1.4.2014 to 31.3.2015 - 2750 • Grievances disposed during 1.4.2014 to 31.3.2015 - 2127 • As per the CPGRAMS website, Overall disposal rate of grievances of Ministry as on 31.5.2015 is 86%.