Uttarakhand: A plan should be made for the revival of water sources and rivers, and there should also be provision for their maintenance

Additional Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan held a meeting with various technical institutions associated with the Spring and River Rejuvenation Authority (SARRA) at the Secretariat on Monday. During the meeting, information was given about the work being done by all the institutions at their respective levels. In the meeting, the Additional Chief Secretary directed to make a plan for the revival of water sources and rivers.

A plan should be made for the revival of water sources and rivers

The Additional Chief Secretary directed the Spring and River Rejuvenation Authority and all the institutions to share information and analysis. He said that (SARRA) is a good platform for this. All information should be made available on the dashboard being prepared by the Authority.

Along with this, he said that a long-term and comprehensive plan should be prepared for the revival of water sources and rivers. Along with this, provision should also be made for its monitoring and maintenance. He said that there will be no shortage of any kind of funding for this.

A core team should be prepared to work in the districts

The Additional Chief Secretary has also given instructions to prepare a core team for working in the districts. He also gave instructions to ensure the participation of technical institutions in the core team of the districts. He said that it is impossible to make such schemes successful without public participation, so public participation must be ensured in the implementation of the schemes.

The work of rejuvenation of Kosi river should be expedited

Meetings and workshops should be organized with the local people. During the meeting, the Indian Institute of Hydrology has been given the responsibility of various types of mapping and analysis of Song and Nayar rivers and IIT Roorkee has been given the responsibility of Shipra and Gauri rivers. The Additional Chief Secretary gave instructions to prepare a DPR by (SARRA) by accelerating the work already going on for the rejuvenation of Kosi river in Almora. He said that before preparing the DPR, a joint visit of Kosi and its catchment area should be done by all the agencies.