Bihar to bring Ganga water to parched town by taping flood water
- November 25, 2022
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
No Comments
Bihar to bring Ganga water to parched town by taping flood water
Subject: Geography
Context:
- The Ganga water supply scheme at Rajgir will be inaugurated on November 27 while the one in Gaya and Bodh Gaya will be inaugurated on November 28
More about the project:
- The Ganga water supply scheme at Rajgir, Gaya and Bodh Gaya was under the ambitious Ganga Jal Apoorti Yojana or the Ganga water supply scheme (GWSS) under the state’s Jal-Jeevan-Hariyali initiative.
- This was the country’s first-of-its-kind GangajalAapurti Yojana in which the floodwater received in the four monsoon months was stored in huge reservoirs.
- The stored water will then be processed and made safe for human consumption before being supplied to the homes of people.
- This will be the second major water project in the region after inaugurating India’s longest rubber dam ‘Gayaji Dam’.