The State Cabinet on Wednesday passed a proposal for setting up of the ambitious Water Commission. Announcing the decision, Cabinet Secretary SK Satpathy said, “The Jharkhand State Water Resources Commission will be headed by the Drinking and Water Resource Minister along with other 21 expert members from different fields.”
Besides, Jharkhand State Water Policy was also approved by the Cabinet. As per the policy, priorities will be given according to the usefulness of the water for drinking purpose followed by farming then industries etc, Satpahty added.
Rules will also be formulated later banning boring in some of the areas where groundwater level has gone down drastically. Areas identified as the most vulnerable are Chas, Ratu, Dhanbad, Ramgarh, Godda, Jamshedpur Sadar, Jharia and Kanke due to widespread exploitation of groundwater.
The Cabinet also cleared way to form new set of rules for the State Administrative Officers. The State till now was using the rules adopted by Bihar for the administrative services. The decision was taken during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, which gave its approval for a total of 19 proposals.
According to the decision taken by the State Government, 56 excess employees of Mining Corporation in Hazaribagh will be adjusted to other Government bodies and will be getting their salaries from the respective departments.
Approval for providing a piece of 4.38 acres of land to the Indian Bureau of Mines at Cheri village under Kanke block in Ranchi was also given by the State Government, said Satpathy.
The land will be provided after taking fee for the proposed land. Similarly, 41.41 acres of land was also provided by for the construction of Tori-Shivpuri railway line the State Government.
Paving way for the construction of Knowledge City in Khunti, approval for 56.62 acres of GM land was also given. Furthermore the Cabinet also approved 16 decimal of land piece in Cheri village of Kanke in Ranchi.
Approval for Child Marriage Prevention Act 2015 was cleared by the State Government fixing a fine of Rs 5000 for the violation of rule of minimum of 18 years of age for girl and 21 years or age for a boy to get married.
Nagar Untari Nagar Panchayat in Garhwa has also been formed clubbing Nagar Untari along with the other 14 adjacent revenue villages.