New Delhi: In order to connect, deliberate and promote best practices Rain Water Harvesting from the different parts of the country from district level, APAC Digital News Network in association with National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation has launched Weekly Water Webinar Series on Catch the Rain – Effective Way of Rain Water Harvesting.
The APAC Dialogue Water Webinar Series has been launched by U P Singh, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt of India.
The webinar also hosted eminent speakers Dr M Ramachandran, IAS (Retd), Former Union Urban Development Secretary of India; G Asok Kumar, IAS, Additional Secretary & Mission Director, National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt of India; Dr Sandeep Mahatme, IAS, District Magistrate, West Tripura, Govt of Tripura; Dr T Arun, IAS, Special Secretary and District Magistrate, Govt of Puducherry and Jyoti Sharma, President, Force Non-Profits.
This weekly series will provide a platform and allow district magistrates, municipal bodies, and non government organisations to share their best practices and challenges related to Rain Water Harvesting. This weekly APAC Dialogue Water Webinar Series on ”Catch the Rain” will be live on APAC (https://www.facebook.com/apacnewsnetwork/) and NWM’s (https://www.facebook.com/nwmgoi/) Facebook page.
The National Water Mission’s (NWM) campaign “Catch The Rain” Where it falls, When it falls” is to nudge the states and stake-holders to create appropriate Rain Water Harvesting Structures (RWHS) suitable to the climatic conditions and sub-soil strata before monsoon.
Under this campaign, drives to make check dams, water harvesting pits, rooftop RWHS etc; removal of encroachments and desilting of tanks to increase their storage capacity; removal of obstructions in the channels which bring water to them from the catchment areas etc; repairs to step-wells and using defunct bore-wells and unused wells to put water back to aquifers etc are to be taken up with the active participation of people.
To facilitate these activities, states have been requested to open “Rain Centers” in each district– in Collectorates/Municipalities or GP offices. During this period, these Rain Centres will have a dedicated mobile phone number and will be manned by an engineer or a person well trained in RWHS. This centre act as a technical guidance centre to all in the district as to how to catch the rain, as it falls, where it falls.
It is to be note that all District Collectors, heads of institutions like IIMs, IITs, Central Universities, Private Universities, Chairman of Railways, Airport Authority, PSUs; DGs of Central Armed Police Force etc having large tracts of lands with them have been requested to take steps to “Catch the Rain”.
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