Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Water Resources department has achieved a milestone in implementation of demonstrative projects on roof top rainwater harvesting and artificial recharge to groundwater under cent per cent Central sector scheme “Ground water management and regulation” during the 11th Five Year Plan.
The total detailed project reports (DPRs) cleared by the state level technical core committee (SLTCC) and accepted by New Delhi amounted to Rs 12.50 crore covering 235 projects in 11 districts,official sources informed here today.
The districts, includes Tawang, West and East Kameng, Papum Pare, Kurung Kumey, Lower and Upper Subansiri, East and West Siang, Lower Dibang Valley, Anjaw, Miao (Changlang), Tirap and Longding.
Out of above, the Union ministry has sanctioned and released an amount of five crore against 100 projects which have been implemented in government schools, hospitals, primary health centers, office buildings, Circuit houses and inspection bungalows, sources said.
These projects have been successfully executed and handed over to the user agencies for operation, maintenance and its utilization for various water needs, sources added.
“As per the information gathered from the ministry, the total allocation for this demonstration projects during 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012) was 100 crore for the entire country. Thus, sanction and release of 5 per cent of total allocated fund at national level was a great achievement for the department,” WRD chief engineer L Angu said.
He further stressed the need for the state government to take up such projects under state plan, Special Plan Assistance and Department of Tirap and Changlang (DoTC) fund. (PTI)