जल शक्ति अभियान: बिहार का गया आया अव्‍वल, राज्‍य के 12 जिलों को रैंकिंग में मिली जगह

जल शक्ति अभियान के तहत बिहार के गया ने शानदार प्रदर्शन करते हुए पहला स्‍थान पाया है। अभियान के तहत सर्वश्रेष्ठ प्रदर्शन करने वाले 10 जिलों में सर्वाधिक तीन तमिलनाडु के हैं।

गया [विकाश चन्द्र पाण्डेय]। नियोजित तरीके से लगातार कोशिश हो तो नतीजे सुखद ही होते हैं। बिहार के गया ने इसे साबित कर दिखाया है। पानी के लिए परेशान यह जिला जल शक्ति अभियान में पूरे देश में अव्वल आया है। यह उपलब्धि यकायक हासिल नहीं हुई, बल्कि एक-एक पायदान ऊपर चढ़ते हुए गया शीर्ष तक पहुंचा है।

अभियान में चरणवार रैंकिंग

अभियान में चरणवार रैंकिंग हुई है और हर चरण में अंकों में बढ़ोतरी होती गई। 15 सितंबर को हुई आखिरी रैंकिंग में गया को 81 अंक मिले, जो निकटतम प्रतिद्वंद्वी से तकरीबन 15 प्रतिशत अधिक हैं। तेलंगाना के महबूबनगर को दूसरा और आंध्र प्रदेश के कडपा को तीसरा मुकाम मिला है। पड़ोसी झारखंड का धनबाद जिला चौथे पायदान पर रहा। [Readmore]

Andhra Pradesh furnishes info on Polavaram project to Jal Shakti Ministry

VIJAYAWADA: The State water resources officials have furnished to the Ministry of Jal Shakti all the details pertaining to Polavaram irrigation project right from its inception. In response to the letter written by the Union ministry, which sought the project details at the behest of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in the wake of the State’s decision to go for reverse tendering based on the expert committee findings, the officials have mainly focused on substantiating the decision to hike the prices in 2015-16 and awarding the contract on nomination basis to Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd (NECL) in January 2018. [Readmore]

Jal Shakti Ministry mulling to develop National Water Museum

New Delhi, Sep 18 (PTI) The Jal Shakti Ministry is planning to develop a National Water Museum to increase awareness among people on conservation of the natural resource, the ministry said on Wednesday.

The Jal Shakti Ministry is also organising an International Workshop on September 19-20 which will be attended by experts from India and abroad.

Eriberto Eulisse, Executive Director and Co-founder of Global Network of Water Museums, which is an umbrella organisation for such initiatives around the world, Sara Ahmed, Lead Curator, Living Waters Museum, Ahmedabad, GuyBroucke, Section Chief and Programme Specialist, Natural Sciences, UNESCO and Shamsher Ali and Syeda Tahmina Ferdous, Action Aid, Bangladesh will participate in the two-day workshop. [Readmore]

All states need to cooperate to interlink rivers across the country: Jal Shakti minister

Stating the example of the water-sharing dispute in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Shekhawat said each of these states can get more water if nine identified river links are joined.

Making a stronger push for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s key project to interlink rivers, Union Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Tuesday called for cooperation among states to arrive at a consensus for its implementation across the country. He informed that the Union government is preparing detailed reports on projects to link 31 rivers in the country.

Shekhawat, who was in Mumbai to attend a global investors’ summit, said that there will be “effective progress” on interlinking of rivers in the next five years if all the states cooperate on the issue. He said that water and energy are state subjects and thus the Centre cannot force the states to comply with them on the issue. [Readmore]