The work plan for FY 2010-11 has been approved by the World Bank / PCS for Rs 1386.62 Lakh with the following provisions:

An expenditure of Rs.413.25 Lakh has been incurred during the current financial year upto Dec, 2011 and cumulative expenditure upto Dec., 2011 is Rs 2807.65 Lakh.

So far, 55 reimbursement claims have been submitted by the Hydrology Cell to CAAA, New Delhi. The year wise details are as under:-

GROUND WATER:-
There was a provision to install 70 piezometer bore wells in the state under GW component to assess the GW quality and quantity, which was subsequently revised to 80 during the Project Mid Term Review held in Oct.,09. Accordingly 80 borewells were drilled in the valley areas and digital water level recorders (DWLR) have been installed on 10 bore wells. The GW data from 10 DWLR sites has started flowing in from Jan., 2010. Pre and post monsoon monitoring is being done manually for the remaining bore wells till balance DWLRs are procured.

WATER QUALITY:-
Under this component there is a provision of setting up of 1 level II+, 2 level II and 12 level I water quality labs. Level I labs have facilities for testing of physical parameters, Level II for physical, chemical and bacteriological parameters and Level II+ labs are equipped with facilities for testing of heavy metals & pesticides/insecticides, in addition .
Besides the laboratory equipment for these labs , new buildings for level II+, level II and 6 level I labs has also been approved under HP-II. Construction of level II+ lab building is proposed at Shimla in the same building which houses the office of Executive Engineer, Hydrology Construction & Maintenance Division. Building construction work of level II labs has been completed at Mandi and Dharamshala. Level I Lab building at Rampur has been completed and work is in progress for construction of 4 level I labs at Baijnath, Nagrota Suriyan, Karsog and Nohradhar. The lab equipment for 12 Nos. Level I labs has been procured. Equipment for level II labs at Dharamshala and Mandi has been procured and the labs have been commissioned.

PURPOSE DRIVEN STUDIES (PDS):-

The following three PDS topics were got approved by Central Screening Committee:
1. Impact of Sewerage Effluent on Drinking Water Sources of Shimla City & Suggesting Ameliorative Measures.
2. Study of Impact of River / Khad Bed Mining On Water Sources (Water Winning Structures) & Evolution of Policy & Guidelines To Prevent Adverse Impact.
3. Study on Ground Water Quality Characteristic In Industrial Predominant Areas Of H.P.
The study of “Impact of Sewerage Effluent on Drinking Water Sources of Shimla City & Suggesting Ameliorative Measures” is being carried out by NIH, Roorkee under their component. Data collection, sampling, testing and analysis work has almost been completed by NIH. NIH has also conducted a 2 training course on Water Quality under PDS at HIPA, Shimla.
For “Study of Ground Water Quality Characteristic in Industrial Predominant Areas Of H.P” consultancy services were awarded to PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh. Work had accordingly begun. Site visits have been completed for BBN and Mehatpur industrial area and Inception report received from the consultant was approved. Sampling of indentified borewells in the study area is being carried out. To fill in data gaps, drilling of 2 additional borewells was recommended by the Consultants. Bids received for the same had to be rejected as none of the bidders qualified the bidding criteria. The same has been recalled.

Agreement has been signed with Department of Hydrology, IIT, Roorkee for after receiving World’s Bank No Objection for engaging them a consultant for “Study of Impact of River / Khad Bed Mining On Water Sources (Water Winning Structures) & Evolution of Policy & Guidelines To Prevent Adverse Impact” and site visit is being planned.

HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
 
The hydrometorological network finalized for the state comprises of existing stations of various agencies and new stations to be installed under HP-II. It includes 189 Rain gauge (RG), 17 Fully Climatic Stations (FCS) and 45 Snow Gauges stations. 101 Standard Rain Gauges, 22 Autographic Rain Gauges, 13 Automatic (tipping bucket) RG, 6 FC ( including 2 Automatic Weather Stations) and 16 Snow Gauge stations shall be installed under this project as new stations/replacement of existing defunct stations.

So far, 4 Fully Climatic Stations, 2 Automatic Weather Stations, 50 Standard Rain gauge (SRG) and 25 Autographic/Automatic Rain gauge (ARG) have been installed after finalization of sites in joint inspection with IMD. Procurement of remaining SRG and 13 Automatic Rain Gauges has also been completed and the installation is in progress. Working estimate has been approved for procurement of 16 snow gauges based on the specifications adopted by BBMB for HP-II.

The entry of hydro meteorological data received from the Department of Land Record for the year 1961-1963, 1966-1968, 1971-1977, 1978-1979, 1990-1994 and 1995 to 2006 has been entered in Surface Water data Entry System (SWDES) software. Data for the period 1980 to 1989 is being entered. Further, the current rainfall data collected from IMD for the period June 2008 to October 2010 has also been entered in the SWDES software. Meteorological data generated under HP-II is being received on fortnightly basis in the Hydrology Cell since Nov., 2010 and entered in soft form.

DATA CENTRE
The data center network includes State Data Centre (SDC) at Mandi, 8 Divisional Data Centers (DDC) and 40 Sub divisional Data Centers (SDDC). It also includes provision for construction of 1 SDC, 3 DDC and 12 SDDC buildings. Construction of 42 Section Offices to support DDC/SDDC has also been approved under the project.
The building work of SDC, Mandi has been completed. The construction of 2 DDC buildings i.e. GWO,Una and DDC, Nurpur has been completed and is in advance stages at Palampur.
7 SDDC buildings at Kandaghat, Nalagarh, Dharampur, Gumma, Una-II, Gagret and FP Amb have been completed. The work is in progress for 5 SDDC buildings at Nagrota Surian, Kanaid, Padhar, Banikhet and Nohradhar .
Out of 42 Section Office buildings, 23 stand completed and work is in progress for remaining 19 buildings.
The computer hardware packages for 40 SDDC and 8 DDC has been procured. A request was sent to Project Coordination Secretariat/ Technical & Management Consultant (TAMC) to assist the State in finalizing the IT system architecture for the State Data Centre, DDCs and SDDCs. The issue was discussed in the meeting with Expert from TAMC in Nov., 2011 and the recommendation for appropriate hardware and software is expected shortly. The procurement of computer hardware and software for SDC shall be made accordingly.

HISTORICAL DATA ENTRY:-
Entry of historical Hydrometeorlogical data has been started in Hydrology Cell.

Rainfall data entry for the following stations is available in the Cell.

Sr.No

District Name

Station Name

1.

Shimla

2

Bilaspur

Sadar, Ghumarwin, Raghunathpura, Bilaspur Obs.

3

Chamba

Chamba, Sahu, Chahatrari, Bhanota, Chowari, Barthi, Kalatop, Bharmaur, Tissa, Bhandal, Killar.

4

Hamirpur

Hamirpur, Bhoranj, Nadaun, Barsar.

5

Kangra

Dehra, Kangra, Nurpur, Dharamshala, Palampur.

6

Kullu

Kullu, Banjar.

7

Kinnaur

Nichar, Kilba, Sangla, Kalpa, Purbani

8

Lahual & Spiti

Keylong and Kaza.

9

Mandi

Sadar, Jogindernagar, Sarkaghat, Chachiot, Sundernagar, Karsog, Bhangrotu, Jungi, Kataula, Panjiei, Janjehli, Mandi Obs, Sandhol.

10

Solan

Kandaghat, Kasauli, Nalagarh, Arki, Solan.

11

Sirmour

Nahan, Paonta, Renuka, Pachhad, Bagthan, Dhaula Kuan, Dadahu, Dadopur.

12

Una

Una, Bangana.

SURFACE WATER:-
The SW network finalized for the State comprises of 42 existing gauge/discharge stations of various agencies and 35 new/existing defunct stations to be installed under HP-II. The stations and the type of installation have been finalized after joint inspection with CWC officers.
26 Pygmy current meters , 8 propeller current meter and 50 standard current meters have been procured . 9 bridge outfits have been procured for identified bridge sites. 14 manual bridge sites and 9 bridge outfits sites can be made functional with the procured equipment. There is a proposal to install Automatic Water Level recorders (AWLR) cable bubbler type at 25 SW monitoring sites. The work has been awarded in Nov., 2011

TRAINING OF OFFICIALS AND OFFICERS:-

So far 562 officers/ Officials have under gone various training under Hydrology Project-II.
Major training initiatives undertaken during CFY are as under:

a. The training on Water quality with assistance of NIH, Roorkee was organized at HIPA, Shimla from 29 June to 1 July, 2010.

b. The training programme on Computer skills regarding data handling over internet was organized at HIPA, Shimla from 6th to 9th Sep., 2010.

c. A course on GIS was organized at HIPA, Shimla from 27 to 30 Oct., 2010 in collaboration with ESRI, India.

d. Training on Methods of Measurement of Discharge on the G&D Stations over rivers was organized in HIPA from 8-10 Dec., 2010 with faculty from River Water Directorate, Central Water Commission, New Delhi.

e. A training on Hydromet Observer’s Course was organized in HIPA from 6-24 Dec., 2010 with faculty from Indian Meterological Deptt., New Delhi.

f. A training programme on computer skills regarding Data handling over internet was organized at HIPA w.e.f 16-19 Dec., 2010.

g. 13 participants from other deptts. i.e. forest and Revenue were trained at IMD training Center New Delhi.

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STUDY TOURS:-

Study tours were organised under the Project to find out and analyse the developments in the other states where HP II is under successful implementation. A study tour of the states of Gujarat & Maharastra was organised for multidisciplinary team of officers from the stae in November 2007. The dedicated institutional set up for HP II was created in July 2008 as per the recommendations of the study tour report.

A study tour of Andhra Pradesh & Karnatka was organised in December 2008 for middle level and Junior level officers associated with HP II in the state.

A study tour to Kerala, Karnatka and Goa was organised in October 2009.