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Presentation before Hon’ble Minister, JalShakti and new Minister of States92nd Executive Committee Meeting of BetwaRiver Board7th meeting of Indian National Committee onSurface Water (INCSW)Joint meeting of CWC, NWDA and Govt. ofBihar to discuss intra-state linksMeeting regarding Ujh Multipurpose ProjectReview of the Status and Issues related toproposed integration of PKS Linkand ERCP

Address by Member (WP&P) to participants oftraining on “Flood forecasting,modelling anddisaster management”Notification of GRMB/KRMBProgress of review of Construction of office inPatna2nd meeting of the Committee for revision of‘General guidelines for Water Audit& WaterConservation’Flood Situation in the Country31st meeting of Ghaggar Standing CommitteeMonitoring Group Meeting by Prime

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r o f C e n t r a l W a t e r C o m m i s s i o n

Activities of CWC under NHP andProgressFinancial Progress of SchemesDRIPVisit to proposed Saryu BarrageData Corner54th Governing Council & AnnualGeneral Body Meeting of IrrigationManagement Training Institute (IMTI),Tamil NaduHistory-Nagarjunasagar Project

Minister’s Office on North Koel Project

Message

S. K. HaldarChairman

In the recent cabinet reshuffle,two new Ministers of States wereappointed for the Ministry of JalShakti. Shri Prahlad Singh Patel,Minister of State for FoodProcessing Industries and JalShakti and Shri Bishweswar Tudu,Minister of State for Jal Shaktiand Tribal Affairs were briefedabout the activities of CWC andthe current status of progress ofwork after their chargeassumption in the Ministry.Hon’ble MoS were informedabout the Dam Rehabilitation andImprovement Project (DRIP)which is a State sector schemeformulated to bridge the fundinggap and provide urgent finance toStates for repair and maintenanceof Dams. Key achievements underDRIP were highlighted which wasclosed on 31.03.2021. They werealso informed about the Nextphase of DRIP i.e. DRIP Phase – II& III approved by the UnionCabinet, which is at an advancedpreparatory stage.

Increasing population andcompeting demands from thevarious sectors are puttingimmense pressure on finitenatural resource of water. Thereare ever increasing number ofdisputes among riparian states ofInter-state Rivers. AndhraPradesh Reorganization Act 2014(APRA) contains provisions forthe effective management of riverwaters in the states of AndhraPradesh and Telangana.Constitution of the Godavari andKrishna River ManagementBoards and the constitution of anApex Council for the supervisionof the functioning of these Boardsare laid down in this Act. As perprovisions of Section 87 of APRA,2014, Government of India issuedtwo gazette notifications on15.07.2021 for administration,regulation, maintenance and

operation of projects in Godavariand Krishna river basins in theStates of Andhra Pradesh andTelangana. One was for thejurisdiction of Godavari RiverManagement Board (GRMB) andanother was for Krishna RiverManagement Board (KRMB).This notification was broughtout after detailed deliberationswith stakeholders as well as byincluding inputs from CWC. Nowrespective boards have beengiven full control over scheduledprojects in the Krishna andGodavari basins respectively.Notification is an important stepto maintain an equitable flow ofbenefits from Projects amidstdivergent and clashing views ofboth States.

NAGARJUNA SAGAR PROJECT

JALANSHV O L U M E 4 I S S U E N O . 1 A U G U S T 2 0 2 1

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Presentation before Hon’ble Minister, Jal Shakti and new Minister of StatesA brief presentation was made on 14.07.2021 to newlyjoined Hon’ble MoS, Shri Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister ofState for Food Processing Industries and Jal Shakti andShri Bishweswar Tudu, Minister of State for Jal Shaktiand Tribal Affairs. They were briefed about the issueshandled by CWC including core activities of variouswings & their current status. Key achievements madefor Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP)was presented along with the current status of DRIPPhase II and III. Chairman, CWC, Additional Secretary,DoWR, RD&GR, Member(D&R), Member(RM) and otherofficers from CWC and DoWR, RD&GR participated in theabove meeting.92nd Executive Committee Meeting of Betwa River BoardThe 92nd Meeting of Executive Committee, Betwa RiverBoard was held virtually under the Chairmanship of ShriS. K. Haldar, Chairman, CWC & Executive Committee,Betwa River Board (BRB) on 23.7.2021. The Betwa RiverBoard is a Joint Venture of UP and MP and allexpenditure incurred by the Board is to be sharedequally by both States. The benefits of the project arealso equally shared by both States (UP & MP). Themeeting was attended by Engineer-in-Chief, WRD,GoMP & GoUP; Member, WP&P, CWC; Commissioner(State Projects), DoWR, RD&GR; Chief Engineer, BetwaRiver Board; Secretary, BRB and other officers/officialsfrom CWC, BRB, WRD, GoMP & GoUP and MPPGCL.The issues related to the Rajghat Project were discussedby the Executive Committee of Betwa River Board anddecisions were taken accordingly. Issue related tooperation and maintenance (O&M) of Rajghat Dam,possibility of inclusion of Rajghat Dam under DRIP-II,possibility of inclusion of new Hydrological networks onthe river and canal networks under NHP, etc. werediscussed.Betwa River is a tributary of river Yamuna and traversesa distance of 654 Km. from its source near Bhopal in MP

up to its confluence near Hamirpur in UP. Thedevelopment of Irrigation in the Bundelkhand region dueto harnessing of the water of Betwa had commencedbefore the advent of independence. On Betwa River,Parichha Weir was constructed in the year 1885 and laidthe network of the Betwa Canal system. To supplementthe capacity of Parichha Weir, Dhukwan Weir wasconstructed in 1909. After independence, theGovernment of UP undertook the multipurpose projecton the river Betwa at Matatila in 1958. Rajghat Dam wasconstructed across river Betwa in the year 2005upstream of Matatila Dam.

7th meeting of Indian National Committee on Surface Water (INCSW)7th Meeting of the Indian National Committee onSurface Water (INCSW) was held on 28.07.2021 throughVideo Conferencing (VC) under the chairmanship ofChairman INCSW/CWC. The committee was informedabout the status of the Research Schemes in the INCSWSectt. The members of the committee discussed andrecommended the nomination for new non-permanentmembers of INCSW to DoWR, RD &GR. Further, detaileddiscussions were also held on various issues likemodalities for evaluation & acceptance of the finalreport of Research Schemes and finalising the topics forinvited research. The meeting was attended by officersof CWC, CSMRS, CWPRS Pune, NIH Roorkee, DoWR, RD& GR, DST etc.

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Joint meeting of CWC, NWDA and Govt. of Bihar to discuss intra-state linksA meeting was held on 06.07.2021 through videoconferencing under the Chairmanship of Member(WP&P), Central Water Commission, DoWR, RD & GR,Ministry of Jal Shakti to discuss Intra-State Link Projectsof Bihar State. Discussions were held on 10 projectproposals of Bihar. It was noted that investment clearance one link (Kosi-Mechi link) has already been granted. Further, afterdiscussions, officials of Govt. of Bihar agreed to dropproposals of 2 no. links keeping in view of the otherongoing schemes in these areas/non-viability ofproposals. Regarding Bagmati-Burhi Gandak through the

Belwadhar link proposal, officials of Govt. of Biharinformed that revised studies/proposals are under theirconsideration and would be submitted once finalized.Further, compliances in respect of Burhi Gandak-Noon-Baya-Ganga link and Kosi (Bagmati)-Ganga link shall besubmitted by Govt. of Bihar at the earliest.Member(WP&P), CWC also suggested that GFCC, Patna,may also be consulted for Intra state link proposals ofGanga basin having flood components.The meeting was attended by the representatives fromGFCC, NWDA, and WRD, Govt. of Bihar besides CWC.

Meeting regarding Ujh Multipurpose ProjectA meeting was held under the chairmanship of ShriKushvinder Vohra, Member (WP&P), CWC through videoconferencing on 07.07.2021 to explore the possibility ofre-designing & enhancement of socio-economicscenario for assessment of Benefit-Cost (BC) ratio andto review the status of statutory clearances for the UjhMultipurpose Project. Officials from SPR & Indus Wing (DoWR, RD &GR) MoJS,Central Water Commission, Water ResourcesDepartment (WRD) and Govt. of J&K had attended themeeting. After detailed discussions, it was decided torequest a representative from WAPCOS to attend thenext meeting so that the EIA report may be discussed indetail and accordingly, e-flows can be finalized. Further,officers from J&K was directed to finalize the CCA of theproject as well as cropping pattern, total irrigated area,the crop water requirement and success rate of theproject in consultation with officials of the Central WaterCommission.

In continuation, another meeting was held on20.07.2021. During the meeting, the EIA report asprepared by WAPCOS was discussed in detail. Afterdetailed discussions, it was decided that WAPCOS wouldsubmit a revised environmental flow (e-flow) at theearliest. Further, based on the e-flow finalization, futurecourse of action regarding the revision of PowerPotential Studies by CEA was also discussed in themeeting.

Review of the Status and Issues related to proposed integration of PKS Linkand ERCPShri Kushvinder Vohra, Member (WP&P), CWC convenedthe third meeting of the Working group to review thestatus and issues related to the proposed integration ofParbati-Kuno-Sindh(PKS) Link and Eastern RajasthanCanal Project (ERCP) i.e. Modified PKC Link (proposed) on09.07.2021 through video conference. Officers fromCWC, NWDA, Govt. of M.P., Govt. of Rajasthan andWAPCOS participated in the meeting. The design criteriaand guidelines followed in the planning of the projectwere discussed in the meeting. Representatives of boththe States i.e. M.P. and U.P. expressed their views. Afterdiscussions, it was found that there is some room inrespect of exchange of the share of water between twoStates at some places. In view of the above, Member(WP&P) requested officials of Madhya Pradesh,

Rajasthan and NWDA to have a meeting in the next weekto discuss the issue of utilisation of water by MP andRajasthan including transfer of water. After this, ameeting of the working group can be convened, so thatfruitful decision amicable to both the States can betaken.

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Speech Text

I want to share with you a good news as well as bad news. First let’s cheer up with the good news that as per latestmodelling done by various researchers, overall our monsoon is going to be more and more better till end of this centuryand we shall be able to produce the requisite food grains to meet the needs of our increasing populations. At the sametime, bad news is that due to climate change, temporal and spacial variations in rainfall are going to be more severeresulting into floods and droughts in different areas, may be at the same time.

The above scenario reflects the importance of training course put together by the NWA. Not only do we need to learndisaster management, but also disaster risk reduction. Structural and non-structural measures in this regard would bediscussed in detail. Our National Water Policies from time to time have emphasized the importance and preference fornon structural measures.

You will not only have the benefit of various theoretical aspects from various scholars put together in course, but also thepractical experience which CWC has amassed over the last more than 60 years. First flood forecast was issued for oldYamuna bridge site by CWC in 1958. From there, we have grown from strength to strength.First - Gauge to gauge flood forecast in terms of water level - generally after 24 hours. Today we have more than 1400various observations site.

Then - To embrace the new technologies for transmission of data, such stations are being converted to telemetrygradually since long.

Then - To meet the expectations of disaster management authorities and people, inundation map service was introducedat 189 stations covering 2,40,000 square km of area around rivers in association with Google. Google is also helping informulation and dissemination of flood warning in specific areas.

Then - To meet the expectations of people and disaster management authorities for sufficient advance warning time,CWC is currently using rainfall based mathematical modeling for flood forecasts five days in advance.

There is much more in store for learning in such a vast subject matter. It would be really challenging for NWA to coverall the aspects in such a short time of about two and a half weeks. As we have discovered during pandemic times, thevideo conferencing is now an equally effective tool as is the physical training programmes. All of you could learn newthings from your own places without being away from your family. What could be more important during currenttimes? I hope NWA would make the training programme as interesting as possible and as interactive as possible so asto maximise the learning of all the participants. One way could be to provide all the material to participants who comeprepared for discussion, question/answer sessions and may be at the end of programme, if some presentation can bemade by the participants, I think the purpose of the programme would be achieved.

“Behtar say behtar ki talaash karoMil jaye nadi to samunder ki talash karo

Toot jate hai shishe pathoro seTor de pathar aise shishey talash karo”

I once again congratulate NWA for putting together such a useful course and my best wishes to all the participants forgetting the best out of the learning.Take care of covid protocols. Be safe.Thanks a lot for your kind attention.

JAI HIND

Sh. Kushvinder Vohra, Member (WP&P), CWC addressedthe participants in the inaugural session of the purposeoriented training through distance learning on “Floodforecasting, modelling and disaster management”organized by National Water Academy, Pune on13.07.2021. The training was attended by participantfrom almost all organisations of Ministry of Jal Shaktialongwith various institutions, IITs, EngineeringColleges, Universities, State Water Resources, Irrigationand Flood Control Departments.Member(WP&P), CWC in his address highlighted theimportance of such trainings in the context of climatechange resulting into temporal and spatial variations inavailability of water resources and also floods and

Address by Member (WP&P) to participants of training on “Flood forecasting,modelling and disaster management”

droughts across various regions in the country. Heemphasised that people need to learn not only disastermanagement, but also disaster risk reduction.

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Notification of GRMB/KRMBThe Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014 (APRA)contains provisions for the effective management ofriver waters in the states of Andhra Pradesh andTelangana. Constitution of the Godavari and KrishnaRiver Management Boards and the constitution of anApex Council for the supervision of the functioning ofthese Boards are laid down in this Act.The Central Government in the exercise of the powersconferred under Section 85 of the APRA, 2014,constituted the two River Management Boards effectivefrom 2nd June 2014 for the administration, regulation,maintenance and operation of such projects on Godavariand Krishna rivers, as may be notified by the CentralGovernment.The long-pending issue of notifying the Jurisdiction ofthe two Boards was addressed in the 2nd meeting of theApex Council held in October 2020, under theChairmanship of Union Minister, Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. In this meeting, it was decided that

the jurisdiction of GRMB and KRMB will be notified bythe Government of India.In accordance with the provisions under Section 87 ofAPRA, 2014, the Government of India has issued twogazette notifications dated 15.07.2021, one for thejurisdiction of GRMB and the other for KRMB, foradministration, regulation, maintenance and operationof projects in Godavari and Krishna river basinsrespectively, in the States of Andhra Pradesh andTelangana.This decision of the Union Government for notifying thejurisdiction of two Boards would go a long way inenabling the River Boards to discharge theirresponsibilities to the fullest as mandated in the APRA,2014 and bring about efficiency in the management ofwater resources in the two States. The notifications canbe accessed from the following link. https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2021/jul/doc202171641.pdf

Progress of review of Construction of office in PatnaA meeting to review the progress of construction ofoffice building of CWC/ GFCC at Patna under thechairmanship of Member (RM), CWC, was held on07.07.2021 through VC with Chief Engineer, CentralPublic Works Department (CPWD) and SuperintendingEngineer (C), Lower Ganga Basin Organization (LGBO),CWC along with other officials of CPWD & LGBO. ChiefEngineer, CPWD briefed about the progress of theconstruction work of the CWC/GFCC building andinformed that all three floors including the ground floorand extension portion have been completed except forsome minor peripheral works. Construction of boundarywall which was one of the critical works is also going onfull swing and completed up to 70 %. In parallel, filling

works have also started from the front side of thebuilding, which is, however, getting hampered due torainfall. Member(RM), CWC showed his displeasure on the slowprogress of work in the past and stressed that CPWD &CWC should ensure that even minor repair works, smallpatches work etc. should not remain left beforecompletion. Executive Engineer, CPWD informed thatthere was slow progress of work due to the COVIDpandemic situation during last year. Good progress wasachieved later on which again slowed down due torestriction of fund utilization. He further informed thatworks in all respect will be completed by the end ofOctober 2021 subject to availability of fundsimmediately.

2nd meeting of the Committee for revision of ‘General guidelines for Water Audit& Water Conservation’The 2nd meeting of the Committee for revision of‘General guidelines of Water Audit & WaterConservation-2005’ was held under the Chairmanship ofShri P. Dorje Gyamba, Chief Engineer (POMIO), CWC on23.07.2021 through virtual mode. Along with Membersof the Committee, special invitees from NRSC, BIS, CEAand officers from Maharashtra attended the meeting.Shri G. L. Bansal, Director, EWU, Directorate, CWC is theMember Secretary of the CommitteeChief Auditor, Water & Irrigation, Govt. of Maharashtramade a presentation on State SpecificGuidelines/Act/Regulations being adopted in the Stateof Maharashtra for Water Audit, findings andrecommendations, impact of implementing therecommendations, success stories and difficulties

experienced in carrying out water audit. Furtherdeliberations were held among the members andparticipants of the committee on water audit & waterconservation and valuable view & suggestions wereprovided by all.

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Flood Situation in the CountryRegular Flood Forecasting Activity by CWC commencedon 01.05.2021 in Brahmaputra and Barak and Jhelumbasins. During the period from 1st May to 31st July2021, 2955 flood forecasts (1964 Level and 991 Inflow)were issued, out of which 2805 (1937 Level and 868Inflow) forecasts were within limit of accuracy with apercentage accuracy of 94.92%. 163 nos. of OrangeBulletin (for Severe Flood Situation) and 55 number ofRed Bulletin for Extreme Flood Situation were issued inthe month of July from Central Flood Control Room.Summary of Flood Situation during 01.05.2021 to31.07.2021Extreme Flood SituationNo FF station observed Extreme Flood Situation.

11 Flood Monitoring Stations observed Extreme FoodSituation.

41 FF Stations observed Severe Flood Situation in theStates of Assam, Odisha, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh,Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, NCTDelhi, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

41 FF Stations in Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, UttarPradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Telanganaobserved Above Normal Flood Situation.

Reservoirs having Inflow above threshold limit61 reservoirs received inflows above their threshold limitin Karnataka, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar,Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,Telangana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh andMadhya Pradesh.

Severe Flood Situation for FF Stations

Above Normal Flood Situation

31st meeting of Ghaggar Standing CommitteeThe 31st meeting of the Ghaggar Standing Committee(GSC) was held on 14.07.2021 through videoconferencing under the chairmanship of Member(RM),CWC. In the meeting, following points were discussed:• CWPRS, Pune opined that among various cases forreduction in HFL across the rivers through variousinterventions, case no. 8 considering “widening the c/sat thalweg up to 90 m wherever the width of c/s atbankfull stage is < 90 m between Sarola (Hansi Butana)Syphon to Khanauri Aqueduct by using unsteadymathematical model” & case no. 2D considering “Raising of both banks with embankment of height 2 malong with Widening 60 m from thalweg wherever thewidth at bankful stage is < 60 m from RD 135000 m toRD 151500 m and RD 268000 m to RD 289000 m,widening 70 m from thalweg wherever the width atbankful stage is <70 m from RD 152000 m to RD182000 m and widening 90 m from thalweg whereverthe width at bankful stage is >< 90 m from RD 14000 m

to RD 58500 m” have given optimum results in terms ofmaximum and average reduction in HFL.• Remodeling of various cross-structures is notnecessary.• There will not be much change in flow conditions in d/swith provision of embankments; though proposedembankment by Govt of Punjab from Makror Sahib toKarail may give a sub-optimal solution in terms ofmaximum and average reduction in HFL.• The Draft model report will be rectified in line with thepresentation given by CWPRS, Pune within 3-4 days andwill be circulated to all members.• Views along with ground verification ofrecommendations of the rectified draft report will begiven by member States within 1 week positively. • CWPRS, Pune will make presentation on rectifiedreport while suggesting an optimum scientific solutionfor addressing issue of floods in the Ghaggar basin innext meeting of GSC.

Monitoring Group Meeting by Prime Minister’s Office on North Koel ProjectThe 15th Meeting of the Monitoring Group of PMO washeld on 09.07.2021 to review the progress of the NorthKoel Reservoir Project (Bihar & Jharkhand). During thedeliberations, Shri Pankaj Kumar, Secretary, DoWR,RD&GR highlighted the pending issue of the decision ofthe Government of Bihar regarding the complete lining

in Bihar portion of Right Main Canal (RMC). ShriKushvinder Vohra, Member (WP&P), CWC & Chairman ofTechnical Evaluation Committee (TEC) of North KoelReservoir Project and Shri Vineet Gupta, Director, IP (S),CWC also attended the above meeting.

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Activities of CWC under NHP and Progressi. Using the Modern Technologies for measuringHydro-meteorological data such as Water Level,discharge, rainfall etc:A. New ADCP• Work for “Supply Installation, Testing andcommissioning of 29 No. Acoustic Doppler CurrentProfiler (ADCP) and Related Services” has been awardedto M/s Pan India Consultant Pvt. and Contract for thesame was signed on 27.07.2021.B. Velocity RadarTender for Procurement of 13 No. of “SupplyInstallation, Testing and Commissioning of VelocityRadar System was floated in 02.06.2021.Technical Bidand financial bid for the same was opened on14.07.2021 and 16.08.2021 respectively. Draft Techno-Financial Evaluation report is in approval process.ii. Reservoir Sedimentation Studies Using HydroGraphic Survey of Reservoirs in India:Work for Phase-I (32 no of reservoirs) has been awardedto M/s Tojo Vikas International Private Limited. Contractfor the same was signed on 18.01.2021. InceptionReport has been submitted by the firm for the abovework. Hydro-graphic survey of 10 no. of reservoirs hasbeen completed.

iii. Early Flood Warning System Including InundationForecast in Ganga BasinWork for Consultancy Service for "Early Flood WarningSystem Including Inundation Forecast in Ganga Basin"has been awarded to M/s AECOM Asia Company Limited,Gurgaon in JV with M/s URS Scott Wilson India Pvt Ltdand M/s AECOM India Pvt Ltd. The contract will besigned in August, 2021.

iv. Consultancy services for "Development of DecisionSupport System near to real time for IntegratedReservoir Operation System of Ganga Basin”Work for Consultancy Service for "Development ofDecision Support System near to real time for IntegratedReservoir Operation System of Ganga Basin”" has been

v. Study on the issue of Flood and Siltation in RiverGanga and its Tributaries due to Farrakka Barrage inthe state of BiharConsultancy Services for "Study on the issue of Floodand Siltation in River Ganga and its Tributaries due toFarakka Barrage in the state of Bihar" was awarded toM/s RMSI in March 2021. Revised Inception Report willbe submitted by the Consultant in August, 2021.vi. Real time Data Acquisition System in NarmadaBasinContract Agreement for work for Supply, Installation,Testing and Commissioning for the work of Real timeData Acquisition System in Narmada Basin was signedwith M/S Canarys Automation Pvt Ltd in August 2020.Installation of 16 ARG station is likely to be completed inAugust 2021.vii. Real time Data Acquisition System in ArunachalPradeshContract Agreement for work for Supply, Installation,Testing and Commissioning for the work of Real timeData Acquisition System in the State of ArunachalPradesh was signed with M/S Astra Microwave ProductsLtd in November 2020. Installation for the same is underprogress. Data centre has been established.

awarded to M/s Tractebel Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaonin JV with M/s Kisters AG, Germany. The contract will besigned in August, 2021.

Financial Progress of Schemes(Amount in Crore ₹)

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Development of Water Resources information System (DWRIS)

BE 2020-21 ExpenditureExpenditure

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166.1 3.17 19.10%

Investigation of Water Resources Development Schemes (IWRD)

Flood Management & Border Areas Programme (FMBAP)

Infrastructure Development (ID) Schemes

National Hydrology Project

6. Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project

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23.95

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2.69

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1.5277

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27.29%

6.37%

24.44%

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DRIPPre-loan signing meeting with IAsA meeting was held virtually on 29.07.2021 to reviewthe readiness of the partner agencies of DRIP Phase IIfor scheduled Loan Signing with World Bank on04.08.2021. Loan Agreement will be signed by DEA andWorld Bank and Project Agreement will be signed by 10partner States (Gujarat, Manipur, Meghalaya,Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Odisha,Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu) with World Bankfor a loan of US $ 250 Million under DRIP Phase II. Themeeting was attended by the officials of CWC, WorldBank and DRIP Phase II Partner States.Pre proposal conference regarding RFP for Consultancy Services under DRIP Phase II and Phase IIIA Pre-Proposal Conference regarding Request forProposal (RFP) for hiring of EMC for CPMU under DRIPPhase II & Phase III was held virtually on 23.07.2021.During the meeting, the Short Listed Agencies wereclarified on various queries regarding published revisedRFP document. The meeting was attended by CPMUofficials and representatives of Shortlisted Agencies.Visit to proposed Saryu BarrageA site visit was undertaken by Director BCD (E&NE) Dte,CWC (HQ), New Delhi along with officers from PlanningCircle, Faridabad and Irrigation & Water ResourcesDept., Govt. of U.P. on 13th July 2021 to the proposedsite of Ayodhya Barrage over Saryu (Ghagra) River,Ayodhya, U.P. followed by detailed discussions withsenior officers of Irrigation & Water ResourceDepartment, U.P. on 14th July 2021. Planning Circle, CWC, Faridabad is preparing DPR ofproposed Ayodhya Barrage, U.P. on the request ofIrrigation and Water Resources Department, Govt. of U.P., BCD(E & NE)Dte., CWC, New Delhi and CWC (Hq) isproviding design consultancy for the Barrage and CanalDesign Chapter in this DPR. The purpose of site visit wasto:• To examine the local conditions for planning & design

of Barrage & Canal components for preparation of DPR• Discuss various design aspects with Project Authorities • Discuss the Study drawings prepared by BCD(E & NE)with project authorities

Proposed location of Barrage axis on Right Bank of Saryu River

Data CornerStatus of glacial lakes & water bodies monitored by CWC during the year 2020

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Water Sector NewsWater row : Telangana, AP officials in tense face-off(Telangana Today, 02.07.2021)Mallanna Sagar works nearing completion : MP (TelanganaToday, 08.07.2021)SC seeks state reply on Polavaram project (Deccan Chronicle,09.07.2021)Reservoirs brimming as rains pound Telangana (TelanganaToday, 12.07.2021)Monsoon wreaks havoc: 71 dead in lightning strikes in severalstates (Millennium Post, 13.07.2021)Whether mostly dry in N. India, rains lash parts of southernstates (Millennium Post, 16.07.2021)

Centre : KRMB told TS to stop Srisailam water release (DeccanChronicle, 20.07.2021)Heavy rains cause havoc in Maha’s Konkan region, over 6Kleft stranded (Deccan Herald, 23.07.2021)

Heavy rains unleash havoc in west, south India; 129 died in48 hours (Millennium Post, 24.07.2021)Yamuna is not fit for bathing without environmental flow,Central govt. told (Millennium Post, 27.07.2021)14 Dead as cloudbursts lead to flash floods in Lahaul,Kishtwar (The Tribune, 29.07.2021) KRMB urged not to permit water diversion (Telangana Today,30,07.2021)

Training

54th Governing Council & Annual General Body Meeting of IrrigationManagement Training Institute (IMTI), Tamil NaduThe 54th Governing Council & Annual General BodyMeeting of Irrigation Management Training Institute(IMTI), Tamil Nadu was held on 26.7.2021 under theChairmanship of Dr. SANDEEP SAXENA, I.A.S., AdditionalChief Secretary to Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Public WorksDepartment /Chairman, Governing Council, IMTI. FromCWC, Shri P. Dorje Gyamba, Chief Engineer(POMIO) andShri Milind Panpatil, Director, NWA attended themeeting. Shri Dorje Gyamba suggested that institutes like IMTIand others along with CWC needs to work together toreach the farmers at ground level to get the maxbenefits of different schemes of State Govt. and Govt. of India. Shri Milind Panpatil informed about NWA differentactivities of NWA with WALMIs and IMTI and their futureproposed training programmes with these institutes.

About IMTITamilnadu Irrigation Management Training Institute(IMTI), under Water Resources Department, PWD wasestablished in the year 1984. The Institute conductsvarious need-based training programmes for the benefitof officers serving in P.W.D., Agriculture and AgriculturalEngineering Departments. Farmers are also taken intothe training fold and they are given training on effectivewater use and also on-farm water Management.

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Plantation drive at Site Nallagandla, Hyderabad on 15.07.2021 aspart of "Harita Haram" Programme organised by KGBO,CWC,Hyderabad Visit of Member(RM), CWC to Roorkee site

Polavaram fish ladder first time in action in the Very first year ofRiver Diversion

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Confluence of Chandra and Bhaga rivers at Tandi in HimachalPradesh

Visit of Chairman, CWC to Ghosal G&D site and Snow & Rain GaugeStation at Keylong, Lahaul & Spiti, Himachal Pradesh.

2nd meeting of the committee for revision of General Guidelines forWater audit and Water conservation was held on 23.07.2021 in CWCthrough VC under the chairmanship of Sh. P. Dorje, CE, POMIO, CWC

DPR acceptance meeting held under Chairmanship of theChairperson, CEA on 09.07.2021 through VC to assess theadequacy/completeness of the DPR of Dagmara (130.1 MW) HEProject of M/s NHPC Ltd in Bihar which was attended by allconcerned appraising groups of CEA, CWC, GSI and CSMRS.

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History-Nagarjunasagar Project

Reservoir MonitoringCWC is monitoring live storage status of 130 reservoirsof the country on weekly basis and is issuing weeklybulletin on every Thursday. Out of these reservoirs, 44reservoirs have hydropower benefit with installedcapacity of more than 60 MW. The total live storagecapacity of these 130 reservoirs is 174.233 BCM whichis about 67.58% of the live storage capacity of 257.812BCM which is estimated to have been created in thecountry.

As per reservoir storage bulletin dated 29.07.2021, thetotal live storage available in these reservoirs is 85.356BCM which is 49% of total live storage capacity of thesereservoirs. However, last year the total live storageavailable in these reservoirs for the corresponding

Project BackgroundProposals for utilising the waters of theKrishna for irrigation areas south of theriver dates back to 1903, when ascheme called the Pulichintala schemewas investigated for construction of adam at Pulichintala to irrigate 2.43 lakhha in Guntur district.In 1933, the erstwhile Hyderabad Statecarried out investigations and proposeda joint scheme with erstwhile MadrasState which failed to participate in theproposal. Further, Hyderabad Stateconfined itself to the investigation of acanal on the left bank to irrigate areaslying in the State territory. Again, in1952 the Hyderabad Government madeout proposals for the construction of ahigh dam at Nandigama for irrigation of3.2 lakh ha in Hyderabad and 0.94 lakhha in Nandigama taluk in AndhraPradesh and development of 168 MWof power. In 1951, Madras cameforward with the Krishna- PennarScheme, envisaging the construction ofa dam on the Krishna at Siddheswaram,another at Somasila on the Pennarriver, and a link canal between the two. The planning Commission appointedthe Khosla Committee to examine andreport on the optimum and mostbeneficial utilisation of the waters ofthe Krishna. Consequently a jointReport of Andhra and Hyderabad states

period was 70.771 BCM and the average of last 10 yearslive storage was 70.35 BCM. Thus, the live storageavailable in 130 reservoirs as per the bulletin dated29.07.2021 is 121% of the live storage of correspondingperiod of last year and storage of average of last tenyears.

Source: File Photo

on Nandikonda Project emerged in 1954 which wasconstructed with some modifications as the

Nagarjunasagar Project proposed by the formerHyderbad State. The project name commemorates the

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The lake created by the dam had a gross capacity of11558 million cubic meter, the biggest in India at thattime. The canal system, designed to draw off 1019cumec is one of the largest discharge from irrigationstorage. The Right Bank canal with a discharge capacityof 594.7 cumec is one of the largest in the world. The4.89 million cubic meter of masonry in the Dam was thelargest quantity for any dam in the world, and the totalquantity of masonry and concrete was 5.60 million cubicmeter. The foundation stone for the project was laid on10.12.1955 by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. In hiswords, “Nagarjunasagar Project symbolises the newtemples being built all over India. This mammoth Projectconstitutes both the pride of India and hope of AndhraPradesh.“Project PhasingConstruction had been proposed in two phases onconsiderations of finance availability, the first phase ofthe Project was estimated to cost Rs. 140 crore(expected to go up to Rs. 165 crore as per revisedestimate) to irrigate 8.30 lakh ha of first crop and 0.61lakh ha of second crop. The DamThe outstanding feature of this Project from theengineering aspect was the adoption of masonry for ahydraulic structure of such an unprecedented height. Itis a gravity type dam, 1450 m long flanked on either sidewith earthen dams, making a total length of about 4.83km. Canals

ancient Buddhist Savant who lived and preached in thearea in the second century after Christ. The name ofAcharya Nagarjuna of Mahayan cult stands out in thehistory of the period. Biggest Project

The Right Canal takes off in blocks 73 to 75 on the rightside of the dam. The right Bank Canal, with its recorddischarge capacity of 594.7 cumec, is 76.2 m wide andits full supply depth is 4.57 m at the head. The canaltakes off from a regulator located in the right flank ofthe masonry dam and is flumed in deep cuts through theright flank hills for a length of 3584 m . The Left Canaltakes off from the foreshore of the reservoir a littleupstream of the Dam. The head regulator for the LeftBank Canal is located at about 1.9 km of the leadingchannel from the foreshore. The Canal after an approachlength of 2.41 km passes through a horse-shoe shaped

tunnel of 9.75 m dia for a length of 2290 m. thedischarge capacity of the Canal is 474.7 cumec. On04.08.1967, the water from Dam was released into thecanals.

CWPC played significant role in the development of thisproject. Dr. K. L. Rao, guided the construction activity ofthe project in the capacity of Member (Designs), CentralWater and Power Commission and later as UnionMinister for Irrigation and Power, Govt. of India. Also,Chairman, CWPC was one of the members of controlboard headed by Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.CWPC was entrusted with the preparation of preliminaryspecification drawings and it also started a trainingschool to impart mechanical training for the operation ofheavy machinery. The entire cost of the project was advanced by CentralGovt. to States as Loan to be paid in instalments. One ofthe unique features of the project was employment ofgigantic work force and no foreign consultants wereengaged. Peak number of workers employed for theDam was around 40000. By building the dam inMasonry, there was saving of about 25%, higher factor ofsafety along with large scale employment. Problem ofcracking and seepage control was also better tackled bythe masonry dam. Today, Nagarjunasagar Dam stands as largest masonrystructure in the world and it’s one of the mostremarkable engineering feats of the modern India.

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