Raipur (thestates.news)| Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday chaired a review meeting of district-level officials at a rest house located in the Sihawa assembly constituency of Dhamtari as a part of his ‘Bhent-Mulaqat’ programme. At the end of the meeting, the Chief Minister inaugurated the GIS-based District Water Conservation Scheme by clicking on the button on the laptop.
The District Science and Information Officer said that with the objective of conserving water resources and promoting agricultural activities, this plan has been prepared by the district administration ‘under Jal Shakti Abhiyan’ for the conservation, promotion, and rejuvenation of traditional water sources of the district. He informed that in the year 2021-22, 878 works for rainwater harvesting, 733 works for renovation of traditional water sources, 145 for renovation and recharge structure, 728 works for watershed development were done and 1.58 lakh saplings were planted as a part of the intensive plantation. Apart from this, the counting of 19,740 water sources has been completed and their geo-tagging work has been done. Apart from this, 100 per cent of information about water sources has been uploaded to the portal. Chief Minister Shri Baghel congratulated the district administration for this initiative.
