Tag: Panchayats and Rural Development department

KMC to make rainwater harvesting mandatory in big housing complexes

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The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is set to make rainwater harvesting mandatory in big housing complexes, in a bid to conserve water.

The civic authorities will change the Building Rules of the KMC and incorporate the new provision, the mayor said recently.

He said rainwater harvesting in big housing complexes will be done as part of a move to save groundwater. The rainwater will be used for cleaning, flushing and gardening.

The groundwater level has fallen in several parts of the city. The KMC had earlier proposed to set up special zones to wash vehicles in order to save wastage of drinking water.

The State Government has taken several special measures to save water. July 12 was recently declared by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to be celebrated as Save Water day in Bangla every year.

The State Panchayats and Rural Development Department has also instructed all the gram panchayats to not rampantly lift groundwater and prepare schemes for rainwater harvesting in their respective areas.

Source: Millennium Post

Achievements of Water Resources Investigation & Development Dept

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The department of Water Resources Investigation has undertaken several projects for water conservation and creation of minor irrigation facilities throughout the State.

Let us have a look at some of them:

Jal Dharo Jal Bharo Abhiyan

The Jal Dharo Jal Bharo Scheme is being implemented across Bengal since 2011 through a campaign called Jal Dharo Jal Bharo Abhiyan. This scheme, including the name, is a brainchild of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

During the last financial year (2017-18), till December 31, 31,165 water bodies and water detention structures have been created, out of which 5,937 have been created by WRI&D Department, 25,228 in collaboration with Panchayats and Rural Development Department.

From 2011 to December 31, 2017, a total of 2,27,101 water bodies and water detention structures have been created and renovated.

Expansion of minor irrigation facilities

Minor irrigation (MI) facilities have been vastly increased. By the installation and revival of 1,143 different types of irrigation schemes, viz. deep and shallow tube-wells, river-lift irrigation facilities, water harvesting tanks, surface flow minor irrigation schemes (SFMIS), check dams, solar power-operated minor irrigation schemes, etc., 36,351 hectares of irrigation potential has been created and revived.

The irrigation schemes have been implemented under different programmes, like Jalatirtha, West Bengal Accelerated Development of Minor Irrigation Project (WBADMIP – in collaboration with World Bank), Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RFID – in collaboration with NABARD), Core Sector, Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), etc.

Minor irrigation projects in arid districts

In the arid districts of Birbhum, Bankura, Purulia, Jhargram and Paschim Medinipur, 351 minor irrigation programmes, with an irrigation potential of 11,708 hectares, have been completed under different projects to collect and conserve rainwater. Among the 351 are 48 check dams and 104 other water detention structures, creating an irrigation potential of 6,932 hectares.

Solar energy in minor irrigation projects

To promote the use of eco-friendly solar energy for power generation, 99 solar power-operated minor irrigation schemes, using sprinklers, tube-wells, pump-dug wells, etc., have been completed creating an irrigation potential of 1,108 hectares during 2017-18, up to December 31, 2017.

Panchayats dept to focus on development of rural roads

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The Panchayats and Rural Development department has given special emphasis on the construction of rural roads in 2018-19. It may be mentioned that after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee came to power in 2011, her government laid the main stress on the construction of rural roads.

A scheme has been undertaken for the construction of 35,000 km of rural roads. An instruction given to all the district magistrates by the department clearly states that the thrust area will be boulder-made roads, concrete roads, or roads built with gravels and paver blocks etc.

In case of the rural roads that are situated in different localities, canals need to be dug up to carry water. This step has been taken as rain water often damages the roads. Also, to construct metalled roads, stress will be on those with bigger lengths. It may be mentioned that due to construction of rural roads, the economy of the villages has gone up. The road connectivity has improved and the villages have become well connected now.

Because of better road connectivity, tourism has come up as a major source of earning money. Home stays are now playing a major role in the development of tourism in several districts, both in South and North Bengal, following the initiative taken up by the Chief Minister.

In several districts, new tourist lodges have come up and because of better rural road connectivity, most of the tourist lodges remain full on weekends and on special holidays. Apart from the construction of new roads, the Panchayats and Rural Development department has also given importance to the maintenance of roads. A road maintenance policy has been chalked out. The use of jute has been introduced in the construction of rural roads.

 

গ্রামীণ সড়ক নির্মাণে জোর দিচ্ছে পঞ্চায়েত ও গ্রামোন্নয়ন বিভাগ

২০১৮-১৯ অর্থবর্ষে গ্রামীণ সড়ক নির্মাণে বিশেষ গুরুত্ব দিয়েছে পঞ্চায়েত ও গ্রামোন্নয়ন বিভাগ। উল্লেখ্য, ২০১১ সালে ক্ষমতায় আসার পর থেকেই মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় গ্রামীণ সড়ক নির্মাণের ওপর বিশেষ গুরুত্ব দিয়েছেন। ইতিমধ্যেই ২৭,০০০ কিলোমিটার রাস্তা তৈরী হয়েছে রাজ্যে।

ইতিমধ্যেই ৩৫,০০০ কিলোমিটার গ্রামীণ সড়ক নির্মাণের জন্য একটি প্রকল্প গ্রহণ করা হয়েছে। অনুন্নত এলাকায় বোল্ডারে তৈরী রাস্তা, কংক্রিট রাস্তা ও পভার ব্লক কিংবা পাথরকুচি দিয়ে তৈরী রাস্তা নির্মাণের ওপর জোর দিতে নির্দেশ দেওয়া হয়েছে সব জেলাশাসকদের।

যে সব এলাকায় বৃষ্টির সময় রাস্তার অবস্থা খারাপ হয় সেই এলাকাগুলির রাস্তার সংস্কার, খাল সংস্কার সহ বিভিন্ন পদক্ষেপ নেওয়া হবে।

গ্রামীণ সড়ক নির্মাণের ফলে গ্রামীণ অর্থনীতি, পর্যটন সহ যোগাযোগ ব্যবস্থার অনেক উন্নতি হবে। বিভিন্ন জেলায় অনেক ট্যুরিস্ট লজ তৈরি হয়েছে এবং যোগাযোগ ব্যবস্থার উন্নতি হলে সেখানে পর্যটকদের সংখ্যাও বাড়বে।

নতুন সড়ক নির্মাণ ছাড়াও, রাস্তাগুলির রক্ষণাবেক্ষণেও গুরুত্ব দেওয়া হয়েছে। রাস্তা রক্ষণাবেক্ষণ নীতি তৈরি করা হয়েছে। গ্রামীণ সড়ক নির্মাণে পাটের ব্যবহার চালু করা হয়েছে।