1. National Hydrology Project
New Delhi

2. NHP – Moving Forward 13 States Pan-India 8 Central Agencies
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On Going States
New States
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9 States
6 Central Agencies
13 States
8 Central Agencies
Pan-India
10 Central Agencies 2

3. Cabinet Approval
Central sector scheme with a total outlay of Rs crore (World Bank’s Loan is 50%)
Rs.3,640 crore for National Hydrology Project
Rs crore for creation of National Water Informatics Centre (NWIC)
Improvements in the following areas are envisaged:
Data storage, exchange, analysis and dissemination
Lead time in flood forecast
Mapping of flood inundation areas
Assessment of surface and ground water resources
Reservoir operations
Design of SW & GW structures 3

4. Vision 4

5. Project Components No. Component Description A
Hydro-met Data Acquisition Systems
~ 44% of project costs
Expand and upgrade water resources monitoring and data acquisition systems (including Real time systems) B
National Water Resources Information System
~ 14% of project costs
Develop and support centralized database management system (NWIC), State-WRIS
Water resource data sets, including Remote sensing based information C
Water Resources Operation and Management Systems
~ 17% of project costs
Develop DSS in selected river basins for
Surface & ground water assessment
flood forecasting & reservoir operations,
Irrigation planning and management D
Water Resources Institutional Capacity Enhancement
~ 25% of project costs
Capacity building through
Establishing & supporting water resources data centres and Centres of excellence
Trainings, 5

6. Project implementation strategy
Collaborative Project
MoWR, RD&GR shall implement this project through central and state implementing agencies
Government Order is being issued.
Centre is floating a major consultancy “Technical Assistance & Management Consultancy”
Finalisation of specifications and Terms of reference of consultancies, Preparation and evaluation of bids etc.
Technical support on project implementation
MIS for project monitoring (financial and physical)
Training program through NIH/NWA/RGI
MoUs with National and International organisations 6

7. Project implementation strategy
National Water Informatics Centre with
Accessibility to real time and integrated River Basin information (neatly 100 layers) including high resolution DEM, ET, Weather forecast, historical database.
Software and support for development of State-WRIS
Sharing of data through CWC’s Earth Receiving Station
‘One Stop’ shop for all hydromet data & applications
with cloud storage hence no financial burden to States
Provision of linkage with States’ Data Centres
Regional River Basin modelling Tools:
Flood forecasting and early warning systems coupled with weather forecast
Water Resources Assessment at River basin scale.
To be upscaled by the States at sub-basin levels 7

8. Project implementation strategy
States need to work in close coordination with MoWR and central agencies to derive maximum benefits by taking the following steps:
Set up an SPMU (40 out 49 IAs have already setup)
Timely submission of their final PIPs, annual procurement plans, annual work plans
Design hydromet network in consultation with MoWR
Share all hydromet data with NWIC through India-WRIS/eSWIS/EGEMS/eWQIS)
Develop detailed River Basin Models for resource assessment, flood forecasting, flash floods and inundation in the affected areas at sub-basin level. 8

9. Project implementation strategy
Financial management
Money cannot be transferred to States’ Treasury
IAs would be required to open a Bank Account
funds can be transferred directly to IAs
IAs would be required to follow laid down procedures for audit (audited UCs and annual audit by CAG)
Regularly submit physical and financial progress on the MIS
Need to follow World Bank’s Procurement guidelines
Financial and procurement manual is being prepared and shall be sent
IAs can start preparation of bid documents using Standard bidding documents andspecifications 9

10. Thank You 10