The Central Water Commission (CWC), which functions under the Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, will be organising a one-day stakeholders’ workshop on flood forecasting services and guidelines for the preparation and appraisal of detailed project reports for flood management on Monday.
The Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation is implementing RRR of water bodies under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) with main objectives as comprehensive improvement and restoration of water bodies, thereby, increasing tank storage capacity, improvement of catchment areas of tank command etc, he said.
Awards in the category of Best District and Best Village Panchayats will be given separately for North, South, East, West and North-East.
