09-10.01.22

Annual water level decline reported in about 58% wells in 22 districts, says CGWB report

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The groundwater crisis continues to deepen in the agrarian state of Haryana with annual water level decline reported in about 58 percent wells covering all 22 districts of the state.

The annual analysis of water level showed groundwater level decline in 58 percent of wells monitored post monsoon (October month) from 2019-2020.

This covers 62 percent of the area covering all districts in the state, according to the latest report of the Central Ground Water Board.

The annual water level decline of 0-2m was recorded in 49 percent of wells and 46 percent of area in all districts of the state in one year while decline of 2-4m was recorded in 5 percent of wells and 8 percent of the state’s area.

The groundwater level decline of more than 4m was recorded in four percent of wells and eight percent of area of the state at isolated patches in Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Jind, Sirsa, Gurugram, Mewat, Jhajjar, Rewari, Panipat and Faridabad districts, the report stated.

As per the CGWB report, 330 wells monitored reported decline in water level between 0-2m, 31 wells from 2-4m and 25 wells more than 4m.

The rise in water level from 0-2m was observed in 238 wells, 2-4m in 31 wells and more than 4m in 14 wells in the state in post monsoon annual analysis.

The rise in groundwater level of more than 4 m was observed in only two percent of wells and two percent of area of the state at isolated patches in Panipat, Faridabad and Palwal districts.

The report further pointed out that the decadal analysis from January 2011-2021 also showed water level decline in 58 percent of wells which covers about 66 percent area of the state falling in 22 districts.

The decadal groundwater level decline of more than 4m was observed in 10 percent wells and 14 percent of the area of state covering parts of Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Karnal, Panipat, Sonipat, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Mahendragarh, Rewari and Gurugram districts.

Punjab gets third DGP in 3 months

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The Punjab Police on Saturday saw its third Director General with the appointing senior Indian Police Service Officer Viresh Kumar Bhawra to the post. The order came just before the announcement of the dates for the Assembly Elections in Punjab.

Bhawra, who was the DGP of Punjab Home Guards, replaced officiating DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyaya.

The Charanjit Singh Channi Government selected the 1987 batch officer Bhawra out of a panel of three officers shortlisted by the UPSC.

Call to scrap nod for border road projects

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The Lahaul and Spiti District Administration has urged the state and Union Government to do away with the process of receiving approval under the Forest conservation Act (FCA) for construction of the border roads.

The approval under the FCA is pending with the Ministry of Environment and Forest for widening of the strategically important Sumdo-Kaza-Gramphu road in the tribal district of Lahaul and Spiti.

The Union Government has entrusted the task of widening the Sumdo-Kaza-Gramphu road to the Border Roads Organisation. The survey has been completed by the BRO for the purpose.

EC to bring disabled to polling booths in palanquins

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In a humanitarian gesture the would send palanquins (Dolis) to transport the persons with disabilities to the polling stations in the upcoming assembly Elections. The chief electoral officer (CEO) of Uttarakhand Sowjanaya said that Assured Minimum Facilities (AMF) such as ramp, Light, help desk, proper signage, drinking water and shed would be provided in all the polling booths.

She informed that an extensive drive to find new voters in the family registers ( Parivar registers) was undertaken and the Booth Level Officers (BLO) were provided this data of the prospective voters.

Releasing the integrated draftelectoralrollon Wednesday, the ChiefElectoralOfficer (CEO) of UttarakhandSowjanyasaid that 3,60,686 new voters were added in therolls. The state now has 81,43,922 voters.

UP wins first prize in National Water Awards

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Uttar Pradesh added another feather to its cap by bagging the first prize in the Best State Category of the Union Ministry of Jal Shaktis National Water Awards 2020 on Friday.

This is the third edition of the award given for adopting a holistic approach towards Resources“>Water Resources management in India. Rajasthan and Nadu bagged the second and third prizes respectively in the Best State (Normal) Category.

A total of 57 awards were announced in 11 categories, including best states, district, panchayat and best industries.

In 2018, National Water Awards were instituted to recognise and encourage exemplary work and efforts made by states, districts, individuals and organisations in attaining the governments vision of a Jal Samridh Bharat across the country.

The award in the north zone district category this year was given to Muzaffarnagar of UP while Balua of Varanasi won the award for the Best Village PanchayatNorth Zone.

With this, the streams of rivers have become uninterrupted and pure and drains culminating into the rivers have been tapped. Under Namani Gange, not only Ganga but the conditions of all major rivers, including Gomti, Saryu, Yamuna, Rapti, have improved due to intense cleanliness campaigns.

The Rural Water Supply Department of the UP government has completed preparations to connect more than 18 lakh families with water supply in the first phase of Har Ghar Nal Yojana under Jal Jeevan Mission and Union governments Namami Gange programme.

Work begins in State to set up Krishak Pathshalas & Birsa Gram

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Under the state plan, for the current financial year 2021-22, to increase crop production and productivity in the Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture sector and to demonstrate advanced agricultural technology, the has started work on the plan to develop Krishak Pathshala and Birsa Village under Integrated Birsa Development Scheme in State agricultural fields.

The Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries will train the farmers in scientific methods on capacity development and perception through Krishak Patshala which will be operationalised across the State very soon.

Director Agriculture, Nesha Oraon informed that under the State plan, work has started for the current financial year 2021-22, to increase crop production and productivity in the agriculture sector and to demonstrate advanced agricultural technology, the State Government on the plan to develop Krishak Pathshala and Birsa Village under Integrated Birsa Development Scheme in state agricultural fields.

According to the plan, in the first phase of the model of Integrated Birsa Vikas Yojana, 17 farmers’ schools will be developed in different agricultural areas of the State. Then in the next three years, 100 Krishak Pathshalas will be developed in a phased manner. In each Krishak Pathshala, 3 to 5 Birsa villages will be covered under cluster approach.

In Krishak Pathshala, farmers of Birsa village will be trained in scientific manner about 50 -100 farmers per village capacity development and sustainable farming. Supply chain, custom hearing center and market linkage facility will be made available to the produced goods through Krishak Pathshala. All the schemes run by the Government will be converged. Cluster based mulching facility, deep Irrigation, bowl, road, delivery pipe, Submersible pump, carat and other storage facilities will be provided.

Multi-modal connectivityneed of hour, say experts

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The eastern zone conference on PMGati ShaktiYojana was held under the joint aegis of the East Central RAILWAY (ECR) and the .

The conference was aimed at executing the master plan for developing multi-modal connectivity for movement of people, goods and Services from one mode of transport to another. The Gati Shakti Yojana is likely to facilitate the last-mile connectivity of Infrastructure and reduce travel time.

The PM Gati Shakti national master plan for multi-modal connectivity is a digital platform to bring at least 16 ministries including the railways and the roadways together for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects, the CPRO said. The participants discussed threadbare all aspects of the master plan and stressed on the need for early execution of the plan as faster connectivity is the need of the hour to promote commerce and trade in the country.

Chhattisgarh bags award for innovation in e-governance

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Chhattisgarhhas bagged the golden award for e-Shramik Seva from the Union Administrative Reforms and public grievances department for innovation in the field of e-Governance.
The golden award has been given to the state labour department under the Universalizing Accessincluding e-Services category of National Award for E-Governance 2020-21. An amount of Rs two lakh has been given as award .

About 36 lakh workers have been registered under e-Shramik Seva by the labour department of Chhattisgarh. The state now ranks 6th in the country in terms of registration of unorganised workers and 3rd on the basis of he target. The workers registered on the e-Shram portal are being benefited by various schemes run by the Central and state governments for the workers.

For the year 2020-2021 award has been given under different categories like Excellence in Government Process Re-engineering for Digital Transformation, Universalizing Access including e-Services, Excellence in District Level Initiative in e-Governance, Outstanding Research on Citizen-Centric Services by Academic/ Research Institution, Excellence in Adopting Emerging Technology and Use of ICT in the Management of Covid-19.

Madhya Pradesh: The CM Rise schools will be prioritized

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Chief ministerShivraj Singh Chouhanhas said that the work to startCM Rise schoolsshould be done on priority basis.

While taking stock of the school Education department, the CM said that it is our responsibility to maintain good quality of education and ensurebetter future to the children.Chouhansaid that the recruitment of teachers should be started as per the prescribed criteria.

Good work is going on under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan. Make such efforts that other states should also follow the work ofMadhya Pradeshin the field of education. Improve the quality of education.

Chouhan said thatSainik Schoolsshould be opened in the state on PPP model. Chouhan said that work should be done by connecting CM Rise Schools with the new education policy. Progress of the department should be continuously uploaded on the portal. must be introduced in schools. Yoga and Sports activities must be practiced daily, he said.

Gujarat forest department launches helpline for wildlife conservation

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The state forest department has launched a state-wide helpline number to encourage public participation inwildlife conservation, and facilitate rescue of wild animals and action against wildlife-related crimes.

The department has an existing helpline exclusively for bird and stray animal rescue.

Earlier, people would call 1962 to receive information related to rescue Services. Now, it has been made a GIS-enabled service where a person can get all the numbers of forest department-operated rescue centres, NGOs, veterinary doctors and volunteers located in nearby areas.