New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, chairing a crucial meeting in New Delhi on Monday, said that at least 50 large ponds in the Northeast should be made so that the water of the Brahmaputra River could be diverted and stored in those ponds.
Shah said that this will help in "developing agriculture, irrigation, and tourism in those areas at a low cost and also help in tackling the floods, and, it will eventually benefit the local economy."
The meeting focused on long-term measures to formulate a comprehensive and far-reaching policy to mitigate the menace of floods in the country. Shah appealed to all states and union territories to timely implement advisories issued by NDMA for flood management and directed the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Central Water Commission (CWC) to complete the process of recalibrating all equipment used in flood forecast at the earliest.
He also instructed concerned departments to conduct a detailed study of the recent floods in Sikkim and Manipur and submit a report to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
Shah also stressed the need to integrate weather, rainfall, and flood warning-related apps developed by various departments for flood and water management and directed that efforts should be made to upgrade the forecast system of the water level of rivers for better flood management. Natural drainage systems should be an integral part of the designs of road construction to deal with inundation of roads in case of floods, he said.
The meeting also called for the integration of weather, rainfall, and flood warning-related apps developed by various departments for better flood management. According to officials, India's Disaster Management is moving forward with a 'zero casualty approach' to flood management.
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