x

Like our Facebook Page

   
Early Times Newspaper Jammu, Leading Newspaper Jammu
 
Breaking News :   Talks failed as Cong insisted on NC votes | Differences crop up in Cong over alliance with NC | 4 NC, 3 BJP candidates file nomination papers | Farooq Sahib himself decided not to contest election: Omar | LG Sinha chairs 36th Executive Council meeting of SMVDU | CM Omar calls for attracting investment, strengthening manufacturing base in J&K | Fast Track Court acquits Samba man | 2 murder accused siblings arrested in Punjab | MHA seeks more time to decide on prosecution sanction | Buy swadeshi products to make Bharat Atamnirbhar: Amit Shah | 2-way movement of heavy vehicles restored on Jammu-Srinagar NH | Man dead in Poonch accident | Old mortar shell defused | Daytime temperatures expected to rise | Police conduct searches in Srinagar | BIG mid-day meal deal In India | Seat-Sharing Standoff: Bihar’s War of Ambitions | Step In Right Direction | Ladakh poised to emerge as India's Premier Winter Sports destination: LG Kavinder Gupta | SP South holds pipping ceremony, HCs adorned with ASI ranks | Chief Secretary reviews functioning of JKRLM | Amit reviews timelines for Mizo Fibre Grid Network Project with Railtel | Governor of Sikkim reviews progress of Sivok - Rangpo Railway Line Project | Notorious drug peddler detained under PIT | Javid Dar inaugurates Kisan Mela-cum-Exhibition at Khanabal | Udhampur police attaches property worth Rs 12.75 lakhs belonging to drug peddler | Gold rallies Rs 1,950 to record high of Rs 1,27,950 per 10g in Delhi | Jammu tourism concludes first ever Paragliding Course at Aithem | Deepotsav 2025: Ayodhya to host tableaux highlighting Yogi govt's development initiatives | UP's talented youth to lead the vision of 'Viksit Bharat': CM Yogi | Notorious drug peddler arrested, heroin recovered | Passenger's lost bag recovered on Srinagar-Katra Vande Bharat Express | Samba police seizes 5 vehicles including 4 dumpers for illegal mining | Full Bench declines interim relief in pleas against forfeiture of 25 books on Kashmir | HC slams delay, grants bail in NDPS case | J&K Police invites all citizens to Diwali Mela | KP wing of DPAP calls on RRC | Khushali Gupta of DPS Jammu wins Champion Trophy in UCMAS Abacus & Mental Arithmetic Competition | Seminar on "Intellectual Property Rights" organized | DAV to host ATAL Academy sponsored faculty development program on Artificial Intelligence | Gatka game to be promoted in schools, colleges across Chhattisgarh: Edu Min Gajendra Yadav | Blacktopping works should begin immediately: Suresh Sharma | Orientation programme on NEP organized at GDC for women, Kathua | CUJ celebrates Duggar Heritage through "Duggar Utsav” | Rural women trained in fruit, vegetable value addition | Over 1.70 Lac Students participated in ALLEN Tallentex | IIM Jammu inaugurates one day training on Improving Governance in J&K | IIM collaborates with GDC Paloura to host Workshop on Innovative Bootcamps | Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025 organise at Government Higher Secondary School Jindrah | ‘Pradhan Mantri Dhan Dhanya Krishi Yojana’ is solid example of PM Modi’s farmer-friendly policies: Balbir | GDC Ramnagar organises Intra-College Geological Model-Making Competition | Tejinder appealed youth to remain vigilant against the growing menace of drug abuse | Cluster University of Jammu organises guest lecture on “Importance of Theatre in Education” | Natrang’s Young Artists shine at India’s biggest virtual performing arts competition | NCC Army attachment camp underway at Srinagar | JKTJAC organises one day convention, oath ceremony of newly elected UT Body | Miran Sahib Police arrested two main accused in Gruesome murder case | Back Issues  
 
news details
1500 waterbodies to be rejuvenated in J&K by Aug 2023
8/2/2022 11:03:59 PM

Early Times Report

Jammu, Aug 2: The Union Government has set a target of rejuvenating and reviving about 50,000 water bodies across the country by August 2023 to rise the level of groundwater.
Bishweswar Tudu, Minister of State for Jal Shakti informed the Rajya Sabha that the "Amrit Sarovar Mission" has been launched in April 2022 with the aim to develop and rejuvenate 75 water bodies of size one acre or more, in each district of the country.
With a target of 75 water bodies in one district, 1500 water bodies to be rejuvenated in across J&K.
"This Mission has been launched with a whole of government approach, with the participation of six Ministries/Departments of Government of India, to accomplish about 50,000 water bodies by August 2023", the Minister said.
The mission is to be integrated with the ongoing schemes of the Government of India, and also the mobilization of citizen and non Government resources for supplementing these efforts.
The minister, however, said that revival of traditional water bodies, design, and construction of cost-effective groundwater recharge structures, such as check dams, ponds, farm ponds, tanks, recharge wells, etc. lie in the domain of the state government concerned.
The Jal Shakti Ministry is providing financial assistance to the identified schemes under repair, renovation, and restoration of water bodies component of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana (PMKSY) - Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP).
"Rejuvenation of water bodies is also a component under water supply sector of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme under Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.
Further, AMRUT 2.0 was launched in October 2021, with a total outlay of Rs. 2,99,000 crore targets to promote a circular economy of water through the development of a city water balance plan for each city focusing on recycling/reuse of treated sewage, rejuvenation of water bodies and water conservation.
The first census of water bodies has been initiated by the Jal Shakti Ministry in convergence with the sixth round of minor irrigation census (the reference year 2017-18), under the centrally sponsored scheme- "Irrigation Census". The objective of the census of water bodies is to develop a national database of all water bodies in the country.
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) has provisions for public works relating to natural resource management, water conservation, and water harvesting structures to augment and improve groundwater like underground dykes, and earthen dams, stop dams, check dams, and rooftop rainwater harvesting structures in public buildings.
In 2019, Jal Shakti Abhiyan was launched by the Government of India, followed "Catch The Rain" campaign in the year 2021.
The campaign has been taken up in all districts (rural as well as urban) of the country. The main theme of the campaign is "Catch the Rain, where it falls when it falls". Focused interventions under these annual campaigns include renovation of traditional and other water bodies and tanks, enumeration, geo-tagging and making an inventory of all water bodies, removal of encroachments of tanks and lakes, de-silting of tanks, and protection of water catchment areas.
  Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network  
  Comment on this Story  
 
 
 
Early Times Android App
STOCK UPDATE
  
BSE Sensex
NSE Nifty
 
CRICKET UPDATE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Home About Us Top Stories Local News National News Sports News Opinion Editorial ET Cetra Advertise with Us ET E-paper
 
 
J&K RELATED WEBSITES
J&K Govt. Official website
Jammu Kashmir Tourism
JKTDC
Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine Board
Shri Amarnath Ji Shrine Board
Shri Shiv Khori Shrine Board
UTILITY
Train Enquiry
IRCTC
Matavaishnodevi
BSNL
Jammu Kashmir Bank
State Bank of India
PUBLIC INTEREST
Passport Department
Income Tax Department
JK CAMPA
JK GAD
IT Education
Web Site Design Services
EDUCATION
Jammu University
Jammu University Results
JKBOSE
Kashmir University
IGNOU Jammu Center
SMVDU