Tag: River drains

The Central Government will award the Chief Minister’s Narva program. Under the Narva program, both districts will be awarded the National Water Award for 2019 for the conservation and promotion done for the renovation of rivers and drains in the last two years. In this, Bilaspur district has been selected for the first prize at the national level in the East Under Revival of River category and Surajpur district in the East Under Water Conservation category.
The four symbols of Chhattisgarh ‘Narva, Garuva, Ghurwa and Bari’ are saved, with the vision of Sangwari which has given a new life to the rural economy of the state. An important component of the ambitious Suraji village scheme of the Chhattisgarh government, under the Narva program, a large number of rivers and drains are being conserved and promoted in all the districts of the state. Under the Narva program, 47 structures were constructed in various rivers and drains in Bilaspur district and 17.508 million cubic meters of water-logging capacity was created and up to 152 kilometers of water was ensured in rivers and drains.
The Department of Water Resources has constructed one major, one medium and 165 small reservoirs and 117 anicut. The Water Resources Department has revived a total of 1146.90 km of river drains. The Dabri Mahabhiyan program was launched to conserve water and raise the level of ground water. In which structures like Gavian, Luz Boulder Czech Dame, Vrush Wood were constructed to revive the beneficiary-oriented Dubri, the well-known small drains in addition to the well. About 7 thousand Dabri and 4200 wells have been built in the last two years under the Dabri Mahabhiyan. In this, about 18 thousand acres of land was irrigated and farmers started taking crops twice a year. Apart from this, in the last two years, the work of reviving small and large drains started.