Puducherry, Feb 2 (BPNS)
A four-member team led by the Central Water Commission (CWC) led by Director, Abhishek Saxena has reached the Union Territory of Puducherry to assist the territorial government in preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) in implementing the Sustainable water management project in Puducherry and Karaikkal.
It may be recalled that the Puducherry government had sought central government funding to restore water bodies and for their rehabilitation. This was to increase the quality of the drinking water as well as to reduce the stress thrown up by the increase in tourism as well as by the high urbanization.
The minister for PWD in Puducherry, K. Lakshminarayanan while speaking to media persons said, “ I had sent a letter to the Jal Shakthi ministry for the construction of bed dams, strengthening of river bunds and retaining walls. This would store water from monsoon, recharge the water table and reduce the salinity of groundwater.
The Union ministry had asked the government to submit a DPR as per the guidelines of the CWC. This was for techno feasibility appraisal but nothing was done.
However even after one year, when nothing happened, the ministry deputed four officials from the CWC to prepare a DPR. This was after the Member of Parliament, Vaithalingam raised the issue in the Lok sabha.
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