Officials hold discussion on water resource management

Dimapur, May 29 (EMN): A two-day 5^th World Bank Mission for Implementation Support under National Hydrology Project was held at Niathu Resort, Chümoukidima, on May 27 and 28.

Altogether, 16 central and state implementing agencies of the National Hydrology Project from the east zone participated in the review mission. The objective of the mission was to review the physical and financial progress of the project and identify the bottlenecks and bridge the gap in planning and implementation.

A DIPR report stated that all the 16 implementing agencies made a brief powerpoint presentation highlighting the achievements, status, and target to be attained during the programme.

Representatives from the World Bank, department of Water Resources, and Ministry of Jal Shakti took part in the programme. It added that 16 implementing agencies from the east zone namely Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Jharkhand, West Bengal (SW), West Bengal (GW), Odisha, Bihar (SW) Bihar (GW), Central Water Commission, Damodar Valley Cooperation (DVC) and Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) attended the programme.

It informed that subsequent to the programme, two review missions would be held in Gujarat and Tamil Nadu during June for the North, South, and West Zone agencies.

Delivering the keynote address, Rakesh Kashyap stated that the aim was to improve the extent, reliability, and accessibility of water resources information, strengthen the capacity of targeted water resource management institutions in India and to facilitate acquisition of reliable information efficiently, which would pave the way for an effective water resource development and management.

The welcome address was delivered by Kevisa Kense, secretary-cum-project coordinator of NHP, WRD, Nagaland, while the vote of thanks was delivered by Hotovi Ayemi, chief engineer-cum-nodal officer (NHP), WRD.

The programme was organised by the Water Resources Department, government of Nagaland, under the aegis of the National Hydrology Project Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, RD and GR.