National Hydrology Project – Ministry of Jal Shakti 06/11/2019 – Posted in: Press Information Bureau – Tags: Ministry of Jal Shakti, National Hydrology Project, National Water Informatics Centre
National Hydrology Project
To achieve sustainable development and management of water resources, the Ministry of Jal Shakti (MOJS) is implementing the National Hydrology Project (NHP) with the active participation of the states.
- National Hydrology Project (NHP) is a central sector scheme and is being implemented by the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation with support from World Bank.
- The project has coverage on the Pan India basis and intends to set up of a system for timely and reliable water resources data acquisition, storage, collation, management and dissemination. NHP would also be a platform to develop tools and systems for informed decision making in the field of flood management, reservoir operations, drought management, etc.
National Hydrology Project
The NHP will result in the improvement of:
- Data storage, exchange, analysis and dissemination through the National Water Informatics Centre.
- Lead time in flood forecast from 1 day to at least 3 days
- Mapping of flood inundation areas for use by the disaster management authorities
- Assessment of surface and ground water resources in a river basin for better planning & allocation for PMKSY and other schemes of Govt. of India
- Reservoir operations through seasonal yield forecast, drought management, SCADA systems, etc.
- Design of SW & GW structures, hydropower units, interlinking of rivers, Smart Cities.
- Fulfilling the objectives of Digital India.
- People-Centric approach.
Source: PIB
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