Haryana hailed for executing hydrology project well

New Delhi, December 20

The Union Jal Shakti Ministry, while reviewing the National Hydrology Project (NHP), has lauded the Haryana Government’s efforts towards the effective implementation of the project.

Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti Rattan Lal Kataria, who co-chaired the meeting, stated that Haryana is among the top 10 performing states in terms of the percentage of fund utilisation.

The NHP was started in 2016 as a Central sector scheme with 100 per cent grant to implementing agencies with a budget outlay of Rs. 3,680 crore to be spent over a period of eight years.

The project aims at improving the extent, reliability and accessibility of information related to water resources and to strengthen the capacity of water resource management institutions in India. The efficient and reliable information paves the way for an effective water resource development and management.

During the meeting,which was chaired by Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the ministry was of the view that the project, in its mid-term, had made significant progress in the fields of water resource monitoring system, water resource information system, water resource operation and planning systems, institutional capacity enhancement and trainings in the country. — TNS