Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) carries out activities like Public Interaction Programmed (PIP), Block Level Training Programmes, Workshops etc to disseminate the findings of scientific studies and create awareness. A brief account of Outreach Activities of CGWB is given below.
Public Interaction Programmes being implemented by CGWB are one day programme for dissemination of outputs of NAQUIM and other related studies and create awareness. The programme also involves area specific discussions on ground water issues and possible solutions. The Public Interaction Programmes have been dovetailed with the celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and Mission Life Campaign. To promote the concept of LiFE (Life Style for Environment), a special talk on this is included in the PIPs. The PIP activities were introduced in 2018 and so far more than 1300 such programmes have been conducted in which more than 1 lakh persons have participated. add image
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| Public Interaction Programme (PIP) on 12 th August 2022 at Aolaguri panchayat , Bongaigaon, Assam, Guwahati | Click here to go to the media warehouse for more images |
| Sl No. | State/UT | Number of PIPs conducted during (2018-31st March 2023) | No of people sensitized |
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| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 31 | 1975 |
| 2 | Bihar | 61 | 5897 |
| 3 | Chandigarh | 7 | 468 |
| 4 | Chhattisgarh | 72 | 6209 |
| 5 | Goa | 2 | 97 |
| 6 | Gujarat | 63 | 4358 |
| 7 | Haryana | 37 | 3254 |
| 8 | Himachal Pradesh | 49 | 4027 |
| 9 | Jammy and Kashmir and Ladakh | 29 | 1345 |
| 10 | Jharkhand | 40 | 3771 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 82 | 6023 |
| 12 | Kerala | 62 | 5010 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | 66 | 6276 |
| 14 | Maharashtra | 75 | 7183 |
| 15 | NER States | 100 | 6137 |
| 16 | Odisha | 85 | 7720 |
| 17 | Punjab | 35 | 5411 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | 48 | 3400 |
| 19 | Delhi | 19 | 1146 |
| 20 | Tamil Nadu and Puducherry | 80 | 8789 |
| 21 | Telangana | 59 | 2832 |
| 22 | Uttar Pradesh | 118 | 11623 |
| 23 | Uttarakhand | 22 | 1572 |
| 24 | West Bengal | 69 | 5484 |
| TOTAL | 1311 | 1,10,007 |
- Mission LiFE has been included in the thematic scope of Public Interaction Programmes being conducted by CGWB
- A lecture on Mission LiFE has been included in all the trainings being conducted.
- Banners with messages on Mission LiFE are being put on public transport buses.
Mission LiFe initiatives by CGWB
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Rajiv Gandhi National Ground Water Training and Research Institute (RGNGWTRI) is implementing a three tiered (Tier I: National, Tier II: State, Tier III: District/Block) training programme. Region Offices of Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) carry out the Tier II and Tier III training programmes. The Tier III trainings are aimed at creating awareness, teaching common skills required for ground water measurement and discuss local issues and challenges. The three tiered trainings started in 2012. On an average 50 such trainings are conducted every year. So far (upto 31st March 2023), 563 trainings have been conducted in which 78096 persons have been imparted training.
NAQUIM Regional Workshops
During 2022-23, CGWB Region offices organized six regional workshops on the theme NAQUIM. Summary of the workshops are given below
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| Date:24th January, 2023 | Date: 2nd March, 2023 | Date: 6th March, 2023 | Date:10th March, 2023 | Date: 17th March, 2023 | Date: 24thMarch, 2023 |
| Participating States: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, West Bengal | Participating States:
States: Haryana State, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi UTs: Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh |
Participating States: Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Kerala States & UTs of Lakshadweep & Puducherry | Participating States: Rajasthan, Gujarat and UT’s of Daman & Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli. | Participating States: Bihar Jharkhand Odisha | Participating States: Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Madhya Pradesh |
| Chief Guest:Shri Ashok Singhal Hon’ble Minister of Housing, Urban affairs, GMDA & Irrigation, Govt of Assam | Chief Guest:Shri Banwarilal Purohit, Hon’ble Governor of Punjab | Chief Guest: Shri Rakesh Singh, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Water Resources Department, GoK | Chief Guest:Miss Vanitha Seth, Hon’ble Mayor Jodhpur Nagar Nigam South | Chief Guest: Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Hon’ble Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Hon’ble Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Govt. of India |
Chief Guest: Smt. Vijayalakshmi Bidari, Divisional Commissioner, Nagpur |
| Total Number of Participants: 157 | Total Number of Participants: 200 | Total Number of Participants: 151 | Total Number of Participants: 200 | Total Number of Participants: 270 | Total Number of Participants: 119 |
- Bhujal Manthan
| BHUJAL MANTHAN-1 | BHUJAL MANTHAN-2 | BHUJAL MANTHAN-3 |
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| Sushri Uma Bharti, Hon’ble Minister of Water Resources, during the inauguration of Bhujal Manthan 1 at Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana on August 21, 2015 | The Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Sushri Uma Bharti and the Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar jointly inaugurating the Bhujal Manthan-2 (Conclave on Aquifer Mapping and Ground Water Management), in New Delhi on November 29, 2016. | Hon. Union Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated "Bhujal Manthan-3" on participatory ground water management at Nagpur in Maharashtra on 16-17 Feb 2018 |
- Awareness Programmes in Schools::As an initiative to educate the school students about the need for Rainwater Harvesting and Artificial recharge, CGWB had conducted school level mass awareness programmes during the year 2019-20. In total, 303 school-level awareness programmes were carried out by CGWB across 22 states and UTs of the country during this period. Around 36185 students participated in these mass awareness programmes.
- Painting Competitions/Essay Competitions:: Painting Competitions were organized by Region Offices during 2010-18. 7 painting competitions and 2 Essay competitions have been conducted, in which more than 20 lakh students participated.
- Workshops on Palaeochannel :: Central Ground Water Board held three workshops on palaeochannels at Ahmedabad, Allahabad and Jodhpur in 2015-16.
- Nadi Utsav:: The River Festival- 2021 program was formally launched through the flagging-in of Ganga Mashal on 16th December 2021 by the Hon’ble Minister of Jal Shakti Minister, Sh. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Nadi Utsav 2021 was a pan India celebration which is jointly organized by Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation under the Ministry of Jal Shakti and Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India from 17th to 23rd Dec, 2021. The event was organized to celebrate rivers such as Brahmaputra, Indus, Narmada, Sabarmati, Mahanadi, Krishna, Godavari, Cauvery, Ganga, Yamuna, amongst several others. The celebrations were part of Azaadi ka Amrut Mahotsav campaign commemorating 75 year of India’s independence. CGWB organised 15 Nadi Utsav programs in 14 States along the River banks thereby spreading a message of river cleaning, awareness for water conservation and river protection, rain water harvesting, afforestation etc. The events was attended by 1751 people including 749 female participants. Click here to download the report on Nadi Utsav by CGWB.
- JalKrantiAbhiyan:: Jal Kranti Abhiyan was launched by the Ministry of Water Resources, RD & GR simultaneously at Jaipur, Shimla& Jhansi on 5th June, 2015. The Central Ground Water Board organized launching of the program at Jaipur. The Board has also organized 15 workshops on Water Conservation, Water Security, Water Quality, Climate Change & Best Practices in States of Assam Upper, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Chhatisgarh, Goa, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Maharashtra, Chandigarh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Puduchery, West Bengal, A & N islands and 10 Water Management Training Programme in Kerala, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, J&K, Chhatisgarh, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Bihar & Jharkhand under JalKrantiAbhiyan.
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Hon'ble Minister of Water Resources, Sushri Uma Bharati ji on the occasion of launching of Jal Kranti Abhiyan. 5th June 2015, Jaipur |
Inaugural session of the workshop on palaeochannels. Ahmedabad, July 2015. |
