NHP e-Bulletin

During March 2022, the Joint Secretary, MoJS, held an NHP review meeting, and NPMU team visited Gujarat and Assam to assess the status of the WRDs. Gujarat Government conducted a Water Quality Awareness Campaign, West Bengal began drilling and installing cluster PHS in the Coastal Region and instituted a server at SPMU, Bihar WRD held a Master Module and Embankment Asset Management Workshop, and World Water Day was observed across the country. Under the NHP, 12 trainings for implementing agencies were held.

NHP REVIEW MEETING

A NHP review meeting was held at the NHP office on March 2nd. Sh.Subodh Yadav, Joint Secretary, Department of Water Resources, RD & GR, Government of India, presided over the meeting. He reviewed the project in perspective of expediting overall progress of NHP.

The following were the main topics of discussion:

• Status of fund utilisation with IAs.
• Review on Program vs. expenditure.

Joint Secretary advised the NPMU team to expedite the progress of the project by utilising TAMC's technical services and to provide consistent support to IAs in order to expedite the project's implementation process.

NPMU VISIT TO GUJARAT WRD

Dr.D. Gnanasundar, Senior Joint Commissioner (SJC), NPMU visited Gujarat during 3^rd to 5^th March 2022. He was accompanied by TAMC team members. The purpose of the visit was to comprehend the progress of NHP activities and extend required support to Gujarat WRD team. The details are as follows:

• A review meeting chaired by Dr.D.Gnanasundar, SJC was held in Gandhinagar on March 3, 2021, to appraise the implementation of various initiatives in Gujarat under the National Hydrology Project. The main topic of discussion was the status of RTDAS SW and GW, as well as how to speed up the execution of these operations. Following a progress review with the WRD SPMU team, he accompanied the TAMC team to the State Data Center in Gandhinagar to assess its capabilities and operations.
  
• Later that day, SJC, NPMU and the TAMC team conducted a closer inspection and validation of the WRD Gujarat-initiated Mobile Water Quality Lab, water quality equipment installed in it and their operational aspects. The Gujarat WRD Nodal Officer and his team accompanied the delegation.
  
• On March 4, 2022, Dr.D.Gnanasundar, SJC, NPMU, and the TAMC team visited the Vanj Dam site in Gujarat to inspect the AWS+AWLR RTDAS stations. The visit was accompanied by the Nodal Officer and his team. The AWS and AWLR installations, as well as their operations, were thoroughly reviewed by the team. The NPMU team made appropriate maintenance and management advice to the SPMU team.
  

NPMU VISIT TO ASSAM

TAMC team visited Assam WRD from 7^th to 8^th March 2022. The visit focused on inspection and validation of RTDAS, ARG, AWLRs installed at several locations in the State.

• TAMC team member, Mr. Nayeem Ahmad, Instrumentation Expert from TAMC, paid a visit to Assam on March 7, 2022. He conducted a site inspection of ARG at Pandu Town WRD Assam premises along with Assam WRD officials. The visit was to inspect, understand and to validate the functional aspects of RTDAS AND AWLRs. This visit was to extend required technical support to WRD officials.
  
• On March 8, 2022, Mr.Nayeem also paid a visit to Tangini River Bridge in Assam and conducted an inspection of the AWLR and ARG RTDAS stations. Assam WRD officials, the TAMC team, and a vendor accompanied the delegation. The visit paved the ground for the NPMU to offer assistance and encouragement to the Assam WRD SPMU team.
  

As on 31st March, the progress on Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and Real Time Data Acquisition System (RTDAS) is as follows.

In the month of March’2022, RTDAS & SCADA awarded States as follows: Punjab-RTDAS (GW)-216, Rajasthan-SCADA-2, CGWB Chandigarh awarded RTDAS (GW)-529, Uttarakhand RTDAS (GW)-529, CGWB Jaipur West-RTDAS (GW)-600, Maharashtra RTDAS -336, Goa RTDAS (GW)-60, CGWB Bengaluru South-3 RTDAS (GW)-634, CGWB Kolkata East RTDAS (GW)-646, West Bengal Commissioned SCADA-1, Odisha RTDAS (SW)-150, Chhattisgarh RTDAS (GW)-137, CGWB Hyderabad South-1 RTDAS (GW)-516, CGWB Chennai South-2 RTDAS (GW)-475.

GUJARAT

Gujarat's government initiated a Water Quality Awareness Campaign as part of the NHP (National Hydrology Project), which is progressing well.

Hosting a Water Awareness Campaign at school is an excellent approach for students to learn about water concerns that affect our community. It's a great approach to teach students, teachers, and families about the environmental consequences of their activities while also giving them the tools they need to conserve and preserve water at home and at school.

A campaign aimed at kids was held in the Gujarat districts of Bhuj and Bhavnagar in 5 and 2 schools, respectively, as part of the Water Quality Monitoring Program. An interactive session was held as part of this programme to raise awareness about water quality and to ensure the mobility of water within school grounds, villages, and other locations. A live demonstration of testing water for several parameters with equipment in a water quality mobile van was featured in this session.

WEST BENGAL GW

The Direct Rotary Rig Machine was used to drill and install the PHS (Permanent Hydrograph Station). Following the drilling of the borehole, electro logging/gamma logging is used to detect the aquifer layer, and then 100mm diameter PVC pipe and strainers are inserted, with the annular area filled with gravels and fine sand.

No. 118 Coastal areas of South 24 Pgs, North 24 Pgs, Howrah, and Purba Medinipur districts would be equipped with cluster PHS.

Geophysical well-logger for Electro Logging of borehole

NESTED PHS AT CANNING-II BLOCK

After drilling & installation of three no. bore well encountering 3 no of aquifers in different depth within 100m, 200m, 300m, the protection work is constructed in the middle P-Tube for the safety of the Data logger and other machineries of DWLQR. This DWLQR is installed to measure the fluctuation of water level, temperature, Hydrostatic pressure and Conductivity and the data will be stored in the Server through Telemetry. Due to installation of three nos PHS in different depth we can assess the aquifer wise ingression of saline water, if any. It will help the local people to find out the layer of sweet water for drinking purpose. And will also help to find out other chemical parameter in the water through testing the water sample in the laboratories collected from these PHS.

SERVER INSTALLED AT SPMU, NHP WB (GW)

Newly installed server at SPMU, NHP WB (GW), Bikash Bhavan, Salt Lake, Kolkata for all Real Time Data Acquisition System (RTDAS) data storage & sharing for the state of West Bengal. Data sharing has already been started. Data storage capacity of the server is 4TB (further expandable). Transmission control protocol followed in server is FTP Port-21.

BIHAR WRD

On March 11, 2022, a workshop and training programme was held in Patna as part of the NHP. The main theme was consultation services for creating and deploying the Master module of the Embankment Asset Management System of rivers in Bihar using data from the Gandak River Basin.

It was inaugurated by Hon'ble Minister of WRD Sh. Sanjay Kumar Jha, who was accompanied by Secretary Sh. Sanjay Kumar Agarwal and other senior officials. The goal of this workshop was to have higher-ranking WRD officials evaluate these modules. This was organised by Bihar SW in collaboration with a consultant, Lea Associate South Asia Private Limited.

TELANGANA GW

Conducted awareness programme on water conservation on the occasion of World Water Day –March 22^nd, 2022.

The broader objectives of the program were “to create awareness about importance and significance of Groundwater with World Water Day-2022. The theme was “Groundwater making invisible visible”. It was held at office of the Director, Ground water Department, Telangana state.

WORLD WATER DAY CELEBRATION

Groundwater Department organised an awareness programme for 100 students and faculty from the College of Community Science, Prof. Jayashakar Telangana State Agricultural University, and Government Degree College, Chinthalbasthi, Khairathabad, Hyderabad as part of World Water Day.

The director of the department as well as other top officials attended the event. During the programme, the Director of GWD gave a lecture on the importance of World Water Day, emphasising on the importance of groundwater management and conservation methods at their houses and encouraging them to support groundwater saving ways.

A total of 31 programs were held in 29 districts, thus reaching around 3000 farmers, students, and other water users. They were educated on the need of recharge system in both urban and rural regions, as well as various recharge techniques.

RAJASTHAN

In the State of Rajasthan, Water Resources Department working as an Implementing Agency under the “National Hydrology Project” ministry of Jal Shakti, RD & GR, Government of India.

During March 2022, following major activities were taken up: -

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system (SCADA): In an attempt to improve the functioning of control of dams, RPS & JS dams were selected for SCADA establishment. The bid was floated in January 2022 and after making evaluation of received bids, work order issued to the lowest bidder M/S Alpha on 31st March, 2022. Both the dams are important as they are in the downstream of the Gandhi Sagar Dam.

NWIC TRAINING ON STATION MANAGEMENT, WIMS MIS DASHBOARD, EMAIL & SMD AND MANAGE CONTACTS

The NWIC Team hosted virtual training sessions on Station Management, MIS Dashboard, Data Performance, and Email & SMS tools of WIMS, for representatives of NHP implementing agencies. The attendees were given demos on how to utilise the Station Management Module to search for and alter existing stations, as well as the 'Manage Contacts' component, which allows users to add and change contacts based on their agency and division. The team also briefed on how to use the MIS Dashboard to understand NHP/Non-NHP data statistics in the portal. The session was held on 10th March 2022 and attended by 35 participants.

TRAININGS NIH ORGANISED “HANDS ON TRAINING ON ARC GIS SERVER/ENTERPRISES"

From the 8th to the 11th of March 2022, the National Institute of Hydrology hosted a three-day course on "hands on training on Arc GIS Server/ Enterprises" at NIH Roorkee. NIH and ESRI are the organisers. Participants came from the NIH Head Quarters, Regional Centers. Dr. S.S. Rawat, NIH Scientist, and Dr. A.K. Lohani, NIH Scientist, were the course coordinators. Total number of participants: ten

NWIC HOSTED A VIRTUAL TRAINING ON WIMS

On March 14th, 2022, NWIC conducted a training on "Station Management, WIMS MIS Dashboard, Email & SMS, and Manage Contacts." A total of 49 people took part in this virtual training. Throughout the training, there were several hands-on sessions. Ms. Megha Panwar, NWIC, took on this training.

NWA ORGANISE TRAINING ON “LULC MAPPING USING REMOTE SENSING”

NWA hosted a three-day virtual course on "LULC (Land Use and Land Cover) Mapping using Remote Sensing" from March 15th to 17th, 2022. This course drew a total of 633 participants. The course coordinator was Mr. Chaitanya K.S. NWA collaborated with the NRSC to conduct this course.

NWIC hosts a virtual training on “Data Entry, Import Tool, Data Validation & Data View”

Various agencies and stakeholders received training on a number of WIMS tools, including Data Entry, Import Tool, Data Validation, Data View, and Data View Management.

Under the Data Entry section, participants were instructed on how data of any individual station is processed from the time it is entered until the end date, as well as the parameters associated with it. The relevance of the 'Data Validation' tool, which helps validate SW and GW Stations data after filling essential areas like Category, Parameter, State, and so on, was explained to the participants.

Under 'Data View and Data View Management,' attendees were shown how data from numerous stations with multiple parameters may be viewed and managed in the form of a chart, an excel report, and a map visualisation facility.

The session was held on 24^th March 2022 and attended by 30 participants.