Availability of Surface Water

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Government of India3

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Ministry of Water Resources

Availability of Surface Water

New Delhi: June 24, 2010

 

Total Water availability in the country has been estimated to be about 1869 billion cubic meter (BCM). However, in view of  hydrological feature and due to  topographical  constraints, the utilizable water has been assessed as 1123 BCM which includes  690 BCM of  surface water and  433 BCM  of replenishable ground water.

The Department of Drinking Water Supply (DoDWS) has informed that in view of deficient rainfall during monsoon 2009, the states of Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Assam, Orissa, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir & Arunachal Pradesh are likely to suffer from inadequacy of drinking water supply.  It  has further informed that necessary measures have been taken by the States and the DoDWS in this regard. 

Basin  wise details of total availability of water resources to utilizable surface water resources is given below:

 

River Basin wise Average Annual Water Availability

 [Billion Cubic Metre (BCM)]

Sl. No.	River Basin	Average Annual Water Availability	Utilizable Surface Water
1.	Indus	73.31	46
2.	Ganga-Brahmaputra-Barak
	Ganga  sub-basin	525.02	250
	Brahmaputra & Barak sub-basin	585.60	24
3.	Godavari	110.54	76.3
4.	Krishna	78.12	58
5.	Cauvery	21.36	19
6.	Pennar	6.32	6.86
7.	East Flowing Rivers between Mahanadi and Pennar	22.52	13.11
8.	East Flowing Rivers between Pennar and Kanyakumari	16.46	16.73
9.	Mahanadi	66.88	49.99
10.	Brahmani and Baitarni	28.48	18.3
11.	Subarnrekha	12.37	6.81
12.	Sabarmati	3.81	1.93
13.	Mahi	11.02	3.1
14.	West Flowing Rivers of Kutchh, Saurashtra including Luni	15.10	14.98
15.	Narmada	45.64	34.5
16.	Tapi	14.88	14.5
17.	West Flowing Rivers from Tapi to Tadri	87.41	36.21
18.	West Flowing Rivers from Tadri to Kanyakumari	113.53
19.	Area of Inland Drainage in Rajasthan Desert	Negl.	-
20.	Minor River Basins Draining into Bangladesh and Myanmar	31.00	-
	Total (National)	1869.37	690.32

 

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Ministry of Home Affairs                             

Foundation Stone of Jogbani ICP Laid

New Delhi: June 24, 2010

 

The Minister of State for Home, Shri Mullapally Ramachandran unveiled the foundation stone for the construction of an Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Jogbani in Bihar on the Indo-Nepal border today . The setting up of ICPs along India's international border is a major initiative which the Government of India has taken as part of a Plan scheme with an initial outlay of Rs.635 crore during the 11th Five Year Plan. The Jogbani ICP is the second ICP in Bihar and the third in the country after the Attari (Punjab) and Raxaul (Bihar) ICPs where construction is being undertaken. The estimated cost of the Jogbani Project is Rs. 82.49 crore. The ICP at Jogbani, spread over nearly 190 acres of land, is expected to be completed by August, 2011.

 

The salient features of the ICP are a modular design, dedicated lanes for each process, separate gates for traffic across the border, least traffic conflicts, self-evident routes, guide signage and administrative and facility area. Facilities which will be available include:-

 

• Passenger terminal building

• Currency exchange

• Internet facility

• Cargo process building

• Cargo inspection sheds

• Warehouse/Cold storage

• Quarantine laboratory

• Clearing agents

• Banks

• Scanners

• CCTV/PA System

• Isolation Bay

• Parking

• Cafeteria

• Other public utilities.

 

The Department of Border Management has finalized the Detailed Project Reports for the 13 ICPs to be set up on the borders between India and Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Myanmar. The ICPs are envisaged to overcome the infrastructural bottlenecks at the various entry and exit points on the land borders of the country. They are expected to provide facilities for effective and efficient discharge of sovereign functions such as security, immigration, customs, quarantine, etc. while also providing support facilities for smooth cross-border movement of persons, goods and transport. A Bill has been introduced in Parliament for the establishment of a Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI), which has been envisaged as a statutory body for the planning, construction, maintenance and management of these ICPs. This body will be vested with powers on the lines of similar bodies like the Airports Authority of India. Till the LPAI comes into existence, an Empowered Steering Committee has been constituted under the Secretary (Border Management) to undertake the functions that will be ultimately discharged by the LPAI.

 

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Ministry of Defence                       

Ex Garuda Enters its Final Phase Air Marshal KK Nowhar Visits IAF Contingent Over 60 Missions Sucessfully Flown by the IAF

New Delhi: June 24, 2010

 

The exercise Garuda 2010, presently underway at Istres Air Base in France, between the air forces of India France and Singapore has entered its final phase today. Over 60 missions have been successfully flown and the exercise would conclude on 25 Jun 2010.

 

During the exercise, the six IAF SU-30MKI along with the Mirage-2000-5 and Rafale and the F-16 were engaged in various air defence manoeuvres such as implementation of "no fly zones" and large force engagements during day and night. The SU-30 also took part in the high value air borne asset protection as well as their protection busting missions. The IL-78 refuellers of the IAF and the KC-135 refuellers of the French Air Force also participated in various missions carrying out cross refuelling (i,e, refuelling the fighters of the other air forces). Refuelling denials were practised making these missions more difficult.

 

A unique feature to which the SU-30 were subjected was the "swing roles". In this type of missions, the same aircraft is simultaneously put to offensive as well as defensive roles. The E-3 AWACS provided the radar coverage during the exercise. The IAF special forces team "Gurad" have so far carried out two jumps each by day and night along with the French special forces. Our IL-76 is undertaking the task of these drops.

 

Presently the talks for the next Indo French Exercise are also on and the French officials have expressed their desire to bring the state of the art Rafale aircraft for the next Indo-French air exercise likely to be held in 2011-12 in India.

 

Air Mshl KK Nowhar of the IAF who visited the contingent involved in the Garuda-2010 said - " Our participation in the exercise has reinforced the manner in which we conduct our operations. It has also helped us refine our doctrine. In future, there is a slim chance that a country would operate in isolation especially in a co-operative defence scenario. Thus knowing each other's best practices in terms of tactics, techniques and procedures is the main objective of this exercise, which is also a part of the on-going Indo-French Defence Cooperation".

 

According to Air Attache, Embassy of India, France, Air Cmde SK Ghotia who is also the chief coordinator of the IAF-FAF Cooperation, Garuda-2010 is a milestone in the Indo-French defence cooperation. This has been the widest scope ever accomplished between three nations. The Ex brought together the best fighting machines of the world such as the Sukhois, F16s, Rafale and Mirage-2000-5. Our pilots flew in these cockpits and has gained tremendous learning experience. The engineers, technicians and all other members of the team have also benefitted substantially from the exercise.

 

The intensity of the exercise has been increased gradually to enhance the understanding of the contingent members begining with basic One-Vs-One missions and limited BVR capabilities, and then progressing to multi-aircraft strikes and counter air missions with complete BVR capability, and concluding with Large Force Engagement sorties.

 

The IAF contingent is expected to return back to India by 03 Jul 10.

 

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