The district administration has determined to arrange a water plan by March this yr conserving in view the declining groundwater ranges within the district and the estimated inhabitants progress by 2041, stated officers on Friday.
Deputy commissioner of Gurugram Yash Garg, whereas chairing a gathering on this regard on Friday, appointed nodal officers from totally different departments and requested them to submit an in depth report of the present demand and provide of water and different assets from all the district to the GuruJal Society by January 31.
GuruJal society is an built-in water administration initiative of the district administration. “The depleting groundwater degree in Gurugram is a matter of concern. Double the quantity of water is being wasted within the district, than what will get recharged. In such a scenario, the district water plan must be made contemplating the inhabitants requirements for the following 20 years,” stated Garg.
The deputy commissioner stated that the info obtained from totally different departments can be assessed by mid-February and a draft can be ready. This draft can be shared on a public area for taking citizen suggestions from February 25 until March 1, and thereafter, the ultimate district water plan can be shared with the Haryana Water Assets Authority (HWRA) within the first week of March.
Officers stated that in industrial areas, there’s a have to encourage the usage of handled waste water and decreasing the dependence on floor water sources. Within the assembly, Garg stated 53% of the bottom water in Gurugram district is used for agriculture functions.
“In such a scenario, farmers within the district should be made conscious and inspired to undertake micro and drip irrigation. There may be additionally a necessity to extend the availability line of handled waste water within the district,” stated the deputy commissioner.
On Tuesday, the HWRA directed the Gurugram administration to give you an motion plan for rising the groundwater degree within the district. Asserting that the district must concentrate on the usage of handled waste water, the authority additionally requested the district administration to kind a sub-committee, underneath the district water harvesting committee, which can submit every day stories which can be utilized to make a water motion plan for Gurugram.
Gurugram has been a darkish zone district and has seena discount within the groundwater ranges for the previous few years. A darkish zone refers to an space the place the groundwater degree has dipped past the suitable parameter in a block. An space is first recognized as vital earlier than it’s declared a darkish zone.
Based on HWRA, 98 out of 200 villages in Gurugram are underneath the severely confused class as a consequence of over-extraction of groundwater.