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Year End Review 2016
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Ministry
of Water Resources, River, Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
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GANGA
REJUVENATION
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The
Union Cabinet had approved the proposal for taking up Hybrid Annuity based
Public Private Partnership (PPP) model under Namami Gange Programme which aims
to reform the wastewater sector in India.
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As
a major initiative towards fast track implementation of Namami Gange Programme
the first company of Ganga Task force Battalion was deployed at Garhmukteshwar.
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As
part of Namami Gange programme, Government of India has set up “Clean Ganga
Fund” for encouraging contributions from Resident Indians, Non-Resident
Indians, Persons of Indian origin, Institutions, and corporates towards Ganga
Rejuvenation. The total contribution received as on 4th March 2016 in Clean
Ganga Fund was Rs. 87.69 Crores.
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An
Implementation Agreement for Ganga Rejuvenation under the Namami Gange
Programme was signed in New Delhi on 16th April, 2016 between the
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and
German International Cooperation (GIZ) of Germany.
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National
Mission for Clean Ganga under the Ministry of Water Resources, River
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation in collaboration with Indian Institute of
Technology, Kanpur (IITK) announced the formal launch of Centre for Ganga River
Basin Management and Studies (CGRBMS) in New Delhi.
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Sewage treatment plants development / rehabilitation under 34 projects, having
total capacity of 808.23 mld, were sanctioned in the Ganga Basin States since
inception of NGRBA Programme.
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The
Empowered Steering Committee (ESC) of the National Ganga River Basin Authority
(NGRBA) had approved projects for Development of Ghats and crematoria. The
total estimated cost of the projects is Rs. 2446 crore.
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Ministry
of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has constituted a
committee to prepare draft Ganga Act. Justice Shri Girdhar Malviya (Retd.) was
appointed the Chairman of the committee.
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The
empowered steering committee (ESC) of National Ganga River Basin Authority
(NGRBA) has approved various projects worth Rs. 400 crore (approx).
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Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga
Rejuvenation (MoWR, RD&GR) signed an MoU in Delhi with the Ministry of
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) for speedy implementation of
Namami Gange programme.
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The
Union Cabinet approved the River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and
Management) Authorities order, 2016. The order lays down a new
institutional structure for policy and implementation in fast track manner and
empowers National Mission for Clean Ganga to discharge its functions in an
independent and accountable manner.
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The
Ministry released an amount of Rs. 315 crore to the Ministry of Drinking Water
and Sanitation for the implementation of Ganga action plan under Swachh Bharat
Mission (Gramin) during the current financial year.
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The
Government availed financial assistance in the form of developmental loans
granted by Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA), amounting to Rs.
496.90 Crore for projects on Yamuna.
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As
on 30th September 2016, 128 projects were sanctioned under Namami Gange
Programme (including the existing projects sanctioned under NGRBA Programme) at
an estimated project cost of Rs.9419 crore.
RIVER DEVELOPMENT
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Based
on the satellite imageries, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) conducted
a study on Paleo-channels in the North-Western part of India. This study
revealed that the Paleo-channels originate from Himalayas as well as Aravallies
and flow further south in the States of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
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A
revised Bill has been drafted to constitute a Corporation named Brahmaputra
Barak North-East River Development Corporation (BBNERDC).
WATER RESOURCES
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The
Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation,
Sushri Uma Bharti announced that Jal Manthan convention will become an annual
feature.
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Jal
Manthan-2 convention on the theme “Integrated Approach for Sustainable Water
Management” was held in New Delhi on 24th February, 2016.
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Workshop
on lessons learnt from the ongoing Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project
(DRIP) was held in New Delhi on 19 February, 2016.
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Overall
allocation of resources for the Ministry of Water Resources was increased from
Rs 7,431 crore in 2015-16 to Rs 12,517 crore in the Union Budget for 2016-17
through budgetary support and market borrowings. This shows an increase of more
than 168%.
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The
fourth edition of India Water Week was observed from 04 to 08 April, 2016. It
was inaugurated
by Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Sushri Uma Bharti in New Delhi.
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A
Water Film Festival was held at Water Expo-2016 in New Delhi on 8th
April, 2016.
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The Govt. had approved the National Hydrology
Project under Central Sector Scheme as an Externally
aided Project with support from the World Bank for Rs. 3679.77 crore.
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Union
Minister for WR, RD and GR Sushri Uma Bharti launched nine projects for rural
sanitation initiatives under Namami Gange Programme for conservation of river
Ganga in Sahibganj, Jharkhand on 13th May, 2016.
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Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi jointly inaugurated the Afghan-India Friendship Dam
(Salma Dam) with President of Afghanistan Dr. Ashraf Ghani at Chist-e-Sharif in
Herat province in Western Afghanistan on 10th June, 2016.
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Union
Ministry for WR, RD and GR called a Meeting of representatives of Governments
of Odisha and Chattisgarh in New Delhi to consider the various water resources
issues/projects in Mahanadi Basin. The meeting was called in pursuance of the
assurance given by Union Minister for WR, RD and GR Sushri Uma Bharti in
Parliament on July 26, 2016.
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Government
had started an initiative called “Ganga Gram” under Namami Gange
Programme. Under this, the villages will be developed as model villages
by developing sustainable sanitation infrastructure and cleanliness practices.
In the first phase government has started the Ganga Gram initiative in 306
villages.
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Union
Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Sushri
Uma Bharti and Union Urban Development Minister Shri M Venkaiah Naidu launched
Smart Ganga City Scheme in ten important cities through video conference. These
cities are – Haridwar, Rishikesh, Mathura-Vrindavan, Varanasi, Kanpur,
Allahabad, Lucknow, Patna, Sahibgunj and Barrackpore.
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Union
Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Sushri
Uma Bharti has launched various projects worth Rs. 560 crore under Namami Gange
programme at Ganga Barrage in Kanpur.
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Ministry
of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation constituted a high
level technical team to visit the Cauvery basin area to assess the ground
realities in the basin. Shri GS Jha, Chairman, Central Water Commission was
appointed the Chairman of this team.
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First
installment of Rs. 1500 crore were released to the states as central assistance
for 99 prioritized irrigation projects under Accelerated Irrigation Benefits
Program (AIBP).
Samir/JKD
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