To avoid natural disasters like drought and floods, the Haryana Government has planned to prepare comprehensive district-wise maps of natural flow of water.
The mapping would follow concrete steps — to ensure that water reaches tail-ends of all canals, excess rainwater and overflowing ponds are tapped and lastly, all dry ponds are filled in the State.
These directions were issued by the Chief Minister Manohar lal while presiding over a meeting of Rural Development, Public Health Engineering and Irrigation Departments on Wednesday, said an official release here.
Khattar directed officers to draw maps of natural flow of water to ensure that water reached the tail-end of every canal. This would help in ascertaining the actual position about the excess water flowing in different canals and water bodies and its optimal utilisation with advance planning.
Flood-prone areas should be identified in every district and steps taken in advance to prevent any possibility of flooding, Khattar said. The CM desired that district-wise comprehensive plan should be prepared to fill up all dry ponds in the rural areas by channelising the rainy water so that it can be utilised for irrigation, cattle consumption and other purposes.
He has also issued directions that district and sub-division-level contingency teams be constituted to deal with any emergency situations arising out of water-logging in the State.
