CM chairs review meeting of The Haryana Pond and Waste Water Management Authority
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, January 17 -
Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini directed officials to get all the ponds of the state cleaned so that their water can be used for drinking by animals or for irrigation etc. With the cooperation of Panchayats, villagers should be motivated to not let garbage and dirty water from homes go into the ponds, he said.The Chief Minister was chairing a review meeting of The Haryana Pond and Waste Water Management Authority in Chandigarh on Thursday.
Senior officials of various departments, including Development and Panchayats Department, Irrigation, Forest, Urban Local Bodies, Fisheries, Public Works Department and National Highway Authority of India were present in the meeting.
Expressing concern over the falling groundwater level, the Chief Minister said in the first phase, a target of recharging groundwater of 500 villages should be set and this work should be completed within the stipulated period. He said PM Narendra Modi has also expressed concern over the falling groundwater level.