JAL KRANTI ABHIYAN
2015-16
Central Ground Water Board
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and
Ganga Rejuvenation
5TH MARCH, 2016
ACTIVITIES OF CGWB UNDER
JAL KRANTI ABHIYAN 2015-16
1. Launching of Jal Kranti Abhiyan
2. Bhujal Manthan
3. Workshops on Water Conservation, Water Security, Water Quality, Climate
Change and Best Practices
4. Water Management Training Program- Climate Change and Best Practices
5. Preparation & Printing of Publicity Material
6. 1st National Essay Competition
7. Identification of Jal Grams
8. Organizing Conferences at State H.Q.
9. Trainings for Jal Mitra/Neer Nari/WUA
Pollution Abatement
10. Training Programmes in OE, Fluoride and Arsenic Affected areas
11. Construction of tube wells in Arsenic affected areas
12. Other IEC activities- 6th National Painting Competition
1. LAUNCHING OF JAL KRANTI ABHIYAN
• Launched
Simultaneously
at Jaipur, Shimla and
Jhansi on 05.06.2015
• Launching
programme at
Jaipur was organized by
CGWB
• Sushri Uma Bharti Hon’ble
Minister
for
Water
Resources, RD & GR
inaugurated the Launching
function at Jaipur.
LAUNCHING OF JAL KRANTI ABHIYAN (contd.)
• Hon’ble Minister of
Water
Resources,
Hon’ble
Minister of
Agriculture,
Hon’ble
Minister
of
PHED & GWD and
other Public represen tatives
graced
the
function.
• More than 3500 persons
participated
in
Launching function.
the
2. BHUJAL MANTHAN
•Organized at Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra,
Haryana on 21.08.2015
•Sushri Uma Bharti, Hon’ble Minister for WR, RD
and GR was the Chief Guest
•Shri Om Prakash Dhankhad, Hon’ble Minister,
Govt. of Haryana, Local M.L.A, VC, Kurukshetra
University, Dr. Amarjeet Singh, Special Secretary,
Ministry of WR, RD & GR were other dignitaries.
•About 2000 persons participated.
•Hon’ble Minister for WR, RD & GR released
following publications :
Aquifer Atlas of Haryana
Abstract volume of ‘Bhujal Manthan’
Brochure on Arsenic contamination of GW
Brochure on Fluoride contamination of GW
Brochure on ground water salinity
Awareness material for school children.
BHUJAL MANTHAN (contd.)
An Exhibition was organized by CGWB
A total of 64 technical papers received. 27 papers were
presented in four technical sessions.
Main Recommendations include:
Studies to be taken up for better understanding of impact of
pollution on human health. Pilot studies to be taken up more
vigorously.
Community participation through mass awareness & capacity
building campaign
Advanced Geophysical studies like electrical resistivity
tomography (ERT) & Heli-borne surveys be undertaken
Artificial recharge techniques should be employed to push the
freshwater-seawater interface into sea & alternate source water
to be planned.
Large-scale ground water development is feasible in Eastern
states
BHUJAL MANTHAN (contd.)
Workable water resource plan must be made mandatory
for clearance of any proposal for large-scale mining
involving excavation below the water table.
Efforts are to be made for conservation of springs in the
hilly areas.
Climate adaptation strategies should include groundwater
management.
Recommendations of Bhujal Manthan will be of great
significance for advancement of Geosciences specially in
the domain of ground water science in the country.
3. WORKSHOP ON WATER CONSERVATION,
WATER SECURITY AND WATER QUALITY
CLIMATE CHANGE & BEST PRACTICES
Target: 15 Workshops
Nagpur
Achievement: 15 Workshops
 Conducted in States of Assam,
Upper Assam, Arunachal Pradesh,
Tripura, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Kerala,
Lakshawadweep,
Maharashtra,
Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,
Puddichery, West Bengal, A & N
Island.
 About 150 experts & delegates
from Govt. Organizations NGOs,
Academicians, Scientists from
Research
Institutes,
Farmers,
Urbanites & Industrialists etc.
participated in each Workshop.
Chennai
Workshop Recommendations(Contd--)
 Building bye laws for Mandatory RTRWH in urban areas,
artificial Recharge structures in Rural Areas & along Highways
in Critical and OE Blocks. Incentivizing RWH.
 Constitution of State Ground Water Authority
 Health education in Water Quality Affected Areas
 Research in innovative, cheaper and acceptable techniques
for treatment of industrial waste waters and their reuse.
 Third party audit of schemes should be made integral part
and inspection report be documented
 Self regulation instead of govt. imposed regulation to be
encouraged.
 Use of modern technological tools such as RS & GIS should
be encouraged for better data integration & visualization
Workshop Recommendations (contd.)
 Promote studies to make spring sources sustainable. Involve
rural population and encourage traditional water conservation
measures for spring development and management.
 Study to be carried out in all capital towns and districts HQ’s to
analyse impact of solid waste disposals on water sources and
to firm up a policy on the disposal system.
 A scientific investigation to study snow cover behaviour in
context of global warming in Himalayan region.
 Regulation for watershed for rejuvenation of springs and
streams
 Convergence of policies of line departments for water security
and best practices
 Preventive measures for pollution caused by fertilisers by
organic farming practices, integrated pest management etc. by
Farmers
Workshop Recommendations (contd.)
 Dissemination of water conservation techniques up to
grass root level and involvement of all line departments
by district authorities to make people aware elaborately.
 Creation of awareness on climate change and its impact
on the existing ground water resources by highlighting all
possible means of best practices.
 Measures to control deforestation in recharge areas as
part of conservation of water resources to control
declining trend of rainfall in the hilly terrains.
 Easy Tips for water conservation, security & quality
control measures in vernacular medium to make people
aware at grass root level.
 Capacity building in district and block level for preparation
& effective implementation of water security plans under
Jal Gram Yojana.
Workshop Recommendations (Contd.)
 Suggested suitable measures for Arsenic & Iron free water
and salinity problem in coastal areas of the Country.
 Leakage in water distribution system should be significantly
reduced.
 Suggested water efficiency in agricultural sector to ensure
more crop per drop.
 Reuse and recycling of waste water should be adopted to
ensure zero discharge.
 Export of virtual water is to be regulated.
 Efforts for water security should commence with coordination
of activities of all concerned agencies and sharing of relevant
data and information
 Conjunctive use of surface water and ground water for
irrigation may be adopted in cyclic manner for sustainability in
water logged areas.
4. WATER MANAGEMENT TRAINING PROGRAMMES, CLIMATE
CHANGE & BEST PRACTICES
Targets: 10 Trainings
Achievement: 10 Trainings
 Kerala,
West Bengal, Andhra
Pradesh, Odisha, Jammu & Kashmir,
Chattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Bihar & Jharkhand.
 About 50 trainees from GO, NGO,
Research
Scholars,
participated.
West Bengal
Raipur
 Training
PRI
etc.
capsule
include GW
scenario, area specific issues vis a
vis management strategies including
Rainwater
Harvesting/
Artificial
Recharge of aquifer systems etc.,
Climate Change & Best Practices
are incorporated in the trainings.
 Trainings have helped in capacity
Building at Grass root levels
5. PREPARATION OF PUBLICITY MATERIAL
 Brochures on Arsenic, Fluoride & Salinity of India, material
for school children, slip pad etc. have been prepared,
printed and distributed in workshops, Trainings etc.
 Development of Mobile apps, Digital Model on Artificial
Recharge in Urban area and Rural areas, Printing of Diaries
etc. have been prepared/printed.
 Preparation of Hoardings
6. ESSAY COMPETITION
 Essay competition was organized under two categories:
 Age Group 15 to 25 years on water related issues (Category -1)
 Technical Papers (Category-2)
 Guidelines and Modalities for organizing Essay Competition was
prepared.
 A committee constituted for deciding topics/themes of Essay
Competition.
 Prize winners were decided by a panel of Jury for both categories
 Wide publicity was given through Advertisement in leading news
papers, website of CGWB etc.
 1st Phase of Competition (submission of Essays/ Technical
Paper) was completed on 12.03.2016.
 2nd Phase i.e. writing of Essays Completed on 17.03.2016.
 Essay Competition for both categories completed and prizes
distributed to winners
7. IDENTIFICATION OF JAL GRAMS
 Proposal for implemen -
tation of GW irrigation for
235 Jal Grams in 7 States
namely Uttar Pradesh,
Himachal
Pradesh,
Haryana,
J
&
K,
Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu
and Maharashtra was
sent to the Ministry.
 Guidelines
for
GW
Development
and
Recharge
for
Water
Security and Irrigation
Plan
under
Pradhan
Mantri
Krishi
Sinchai
Yojana
(PMKSY)/ Jal
Kranti Abhiyan has been
submitted to he Ministry.
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No.
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3
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5
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7
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9
10
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15
State/UT
A & N Islands
Assam
Chhattisgarh
Goa
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Maharashtra
Manipur
Nagaland
Puducherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
West Bengal
Total
Targets
Identified yet to be
identified
6
00
6
54
27
27
54
54
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4
4
0
28
28
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2
1
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72
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24
20
66
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496
354
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8.ORGANIZING CONFERENCES AT STATE
Target-10
Achievement-10
 Organized at Lucknow, Kolkata, Bangalore,
Jaipur,
Bhopal,
Pune,
Hyderabad,
Ahmedabad, Guwahati and Patna
 Emphasize
on catching
rainwater where it falls.
every
drop
of
 Rainwater Harvesting & Artificial Recharging
should be made a mass program.
 Farmers and local stakeholders be involved
Jaipur
for sustainable ground water management
and enhancement in crop production.
 Industrial Sector should take responsibility
and work in improving water resources
scenario in the country.
 Need for change in cropping pattern.
 Sense of ownership to be developed in
users through IEC activities.
 Women
participation
management of water
Lucknow
for
efficient
9.WORKSHOPS CUM TRAININGS FOR
JAL MITRA/NEER NARI/WUA
Target: 04
Aurangabad
Achievement: 04
Coimbatore
Kota
Raipur
•Organized at Auranabad, Coimbatore, Kota and Raipur
•Sarpanchs, Gram Sevaks, Jal Mitras, Neer Naris, WUAs, NGOs,
Farmers, Engineers etc. participated.
•Training lectures were given by Water Experts for capacity building of
Jal Mitra/WUA etc.
•Jal Mitras expressed that training was very useful to understand the
aspects of ground water and Jal Kranti Abhiyan
RECOMMENDATIONS OF
WORKSHOPS CUM TRAININGS (contd---)
 Water Security Plan on few Jal Grams were discussed and
advised to prepare plans on similar lines in other Jal Grams.
 Need for Capacity building in district and block levels for
effective implementation of Jal Gram Yojana
 People’s
participation in Mohalla/ Gram Sabhas/Gram
Panchayat in planning, designing, implementation and
operation of schemes.
 Jal Grams representatives to hold village level meetings to
convince people for adopting suitable cropping pattern.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF
WORKSHOPS CUM TRAININGS (contd---)
 Information of schemes to be displayed at village level so
that people can assess their demand-Supply status for
preparing suitable water security plans.
 PPP model may also be attempted in JKA
 NGO’s paved way for understanding & implementation of
programme and therefore needs to be actively involved.
 More publicity required under Jal Kranti Abhiyan.
 Recommended to name Jal Kranti as “Blue Revolution”
in India.
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
10. RGI TIER-III TRAINING PROGRAMME
(BLOCK LEVEL) UNDER JAL KRANTI ABHIYAN
• The target groups are PRIs, State Govt. Officials,
NGOs,
Progressive
Farmers
stakeholders at grassroots level.
and
other
• Focus area are Arsenic & Fluoride contaminated
areas and Water Stressed areas (OE Blocks)
Focus
area
States
Number of
training
conducted
Person
trained
Woman
participation
(Provisional)
Arsenic UP, Bihar, WB, Assam
effected
08
1200
395
Fluoride Chhattisgarh, MH, JH, WB,
effected Assam, AP, Telengana, TN,
MP,
Karnataka, Odisha, Kerala,
20
2550
616
Water Raj, Guj, Punjab, Haryana,
Stressed UP, Meghalaya, Arunachal
Pradesh, Kernataka, HP, TN
16
2916
600
44
5666
1611
Total
Achievements During 2015-16 Contd.
• Topics covered:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
•
•
Local groundwater situation and challenges
Impact of groundwater pollution and water stressed condition
on human health and development
Availability of alternative source of water- in time and space
Mitigation and remediation process.
Need of Participatory groundwater management
Detailed interaction with the participants/stake
holders:
Feed back received:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Awareness at grass root level
Peoples participation
Involvement of local institutions
Coordinated effort
Glimpses of Training conduced under Jal Kranti Abhiyan
 Arsenic Infested
Districts of UP
• Ballia
• Ghazipur
• Chandauli
• Gorakhpur
• Gonda
• Balrampur
• Behraich
• Lakhimpur Khiri
• Unnao
PILOT PROJECT, BAIRIYA BLOCK,
BALLIA DISTRICT
 Block identified –Bairia block
• Villages affected by Arsenic -- 34
• Population
affected (2021)
~
2,00,000
 (2011) - 1,70,000
• Water requirement (2021) – 145
lakh lpd
per day ( human and
cattle)
• TW proposed (300m depth) – 46
main wells and 6 observation
wells
• costs - Rs. 12.7 cr
PILOT PROJECT, KARANDA BLOCK,
GHAZIPUR DISTRICT
Block identified – Karanda
• Villages
Arsenic- 15
affected
by
• Population affected

(2021) ~ 55,000,

(2011) - 47000
• Water requirement (2021)
 ~42 lakh LPD ( human and
cattle)
• TW
proposed
(300m
depth) – 16 main wells and
4 observation wells
• costs --- Rs. 4.8 cr
SCHEMATIC DESIGN OF TUBE WELL WITH
CEMENT SEAL FOR ARSENIC AFFECTED AREA.
Normal Design of Tube Well
constructed in multilayered
Aquifer System
Design of Tube Well in Arsenic
Infested Area
TARGETS AND ACHIEVEMENT
Bairiya Block , Ballia District
 Karanda Block,Ghazipur District
•Targets
 Targets:
TW 46, OW – 6
•Achievements TW 28, OW – 3
TW 16, OW – 4
 Achievement TW 11, OW - 4
OTHER IEC ACTIVITIES
6th National Painting Competition
 More than 14 lakh students
Goa
National Level- Chhat Puja Ghat- Delhi
from more than 17,000
schools participated in the
School Level Competitions.
 State Level and National
Level
Painting
Competitions
conducted
along the rivers
 The National Level Painting
Competition First prize of
Rs. 50,000/-Two Second
prizes of Rs. 25,000/- each,
Three Third prizes of Rs
10,000/-each and Twenty
Five
(25)
Consolation
prizes of Rs. 5000/- each
were given.
On the Spot
School Level Painting Competition
 On spot School level painting
Anupsahar
Garh Mukteshwar
competition was organized
at Garh Mukteshwar & Anup
-shahar, U.P. on the banks of
Holy River Ganga
 Sushri Uma Bharti, Hon’ble
Union Minister graced the
event and distributed prizes
to the winners.
 8 prizes were distributed
including 1st, 2nd and 3rd
prize of Rs 5000/-, Rs.
3000/- and Rs. 2000/respectively & 5 consolation
prize of Rs 1000/- each
Thanks