DVC RANKED FIRST FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL HYDROLOGY PROJECT

Kolkata: Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has achieved the first rank and overall readiness of 100% in the Readiness Criteria of the implementation of the National Hydrology Project (NHP) along with nine other implementing agencies. DVC has been allocated Rs 50 crore as grant-in-aid. The project is being funded by the World Bank and the Government of India.  

 

With an outlay of Rs 3640 crore as a Central Sector Scheme the NHP will help in collecting Hydro meteorological data which will be stored and analyzed on a real time basis and can be seamlessly accessed by any user at the State/District/Village level across the country.  The scheduled time of completion of the Project is March’2024.   

 

The NHP is intended for setting up of a system for timely and reliable water resources data. It will also provide systems for informed decision making for water resources assessment, flood management, reservoir operations, drought management etc. NHP also seeks to build capacity of the State and Central sector organizations like DVC in water resources management through the use of information system and adoption of state-of-the-art systems like Remote Sensing and Satellite Communication.