Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission: Phase -IV
The Council with NRSC, Dept. of Space, Govt. of India is taking up a project on Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission (RGNDWM) for the whole State. The objective is to prepare ground water prospects maps and ground water quality maps using remote sensing and GIS technology. The ground water prospects maps is to provide information on
- a) Potential zones for the occurrence of ground water and
- b) Site-specific recharge structures.
The ground water quality maps are to create a spatial data base on ground water quality. The ground water quality information is to be provided in terms of its suitability for human consumption i.e. 1) potable 2) Permissible and 3) Non-potable as per Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) standards.
- (a) Ground water prospect mapping: The mapping for ground water prospect is completed for the entire State and officially handed over the maps to the PHED Department.
- (b) Water Quality Mapping:
The spatial ground water quality data is expected to serve as a critical input for identifying potable drinking water sources to the rural habitations as well as for taking measures to over the problem of ground water quality. NASTEC has been assigned with the task to generate the quality maps of Nagaland with inputs from PHED Department.
- • The Mapping is completed and released in BHUVAN portal in June 2019.
- • Preparation of Atlas in PDF format is completed and submitted to Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation, GoI.