YAMUNA WATER CONSERVATION

 

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Topics covered: Yamuna water conservation- advantages, Aim

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News Flash

The Yamuna floodplain water conservation project has received all necessary approvals from NGT.

 

Aim

The project aims at conserving rainwater in the Yamuna floodplains and creating a mega reservoir between Palla and Wazirabad in Delhi to help deal with the water shortage in Delhi.

 

Reservoir

A reservoir is, most commonly, an enlarged natural or artificial lake, pond or impoundment created using a dam or lock to store water.

 

Features & Significance

• The project involves the creation of small ponds in the floodplains.
• It will store water from the overflowing Yamuna during the monsoon season.
• Recycling and recharging of groundwater were the solutions to the problem of water scarcity.
• Delhi government will pay Rs 77,000 annually to farmers who rent out their lands on the Yamuna floodplains conservation project.
• The project is the first of its kind project in the country.
• IIT-Delhi already indicates that this project will be a big success.
• After the water conservation effort augments the water table bore wells would be used to draw out water and solve the capital’s water shortage.

 

Source: The Hindu

 

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