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The Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) under Ministry of Water Resources has written to all States having overexploited blocks to take all necessary measures to promote/adopt artificial recharged to ground water/rain water harvesting including making mandatory provision of roof top rain water harvesting. It has also issued directives to Group Housing Societies, Institutions/ Schools, Hotels, Industrial establishments and Farm houses in notified areas of NCT of Delhi & Haryana to adopt roof top rain water harvesting system.
Besides this, all Group Housing Societies located in NCT of Delhi, where groundwater levels are more than 8m and are abstracting groundwater have also been directed to adopt roof top rain harvesting system. The directions have been issued under Section 5 of Environment (Protection) Act 1986.
The Ministry of Water Resources has requested all the States/UTs to make suitable provisions in their planned schemes for construction of roof top rain water harvesting structures in all the Government buildings. Ministry of Urban Developments has also written to States on similar lines. Many of the States/ UTs have taken various initiatives to promote rain water harvesting in Government and private buildings and amended building bye-laws incorporating mandatory adoption of rain water harvesting in existing/new buildings. The Government of India provides financial and technical support for such activities.
The latest status of action initiated by States/ UTs for making provision of roof top rain water harvesting is as follows :-
• 18 States and 4 UTs namely, Andra Pradesh., Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerela, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh., Uttarakhand, West Bengal., Chandigarh, Daman & Diu, NCT Delhi and Puducherry have already made roof top rain water harvesting mandatory in their respective States. .
• 4 States namely Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand and 2 Union Territories ie Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar are also in the process of making such provision.
• 4 States namely Chhatisgarh, Sikkim, Mizoram, Assam and 1 UT ie Dadra & Nagar Haveli have not initiated action in this regard so far.
• 2 States namely J & K and Manipur have not yet responded.
Source: http://www.hclindia.com/node/466048
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