The State level Steering Committee on climate change in Haryana has approved three projects to be taken up further with the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for funding under the National Adaptation Fund on climate change.
The three projects were approved in a meeting of the Committee held under the chairmanship of Haryana Chief Secretary DS Dhesi on Tuesday.
During the meeting, it was informed that these projects include improvement of health and economic condition of the population and the livestock in the proximity of Panipat Thermal Power Station, construction of injection wells at various locations as recharging scheme in Haryana and setting up of climate smart villages in Haryana. These projects would cost `24 crore, `6.41 crore and `46 crore, respectively, said a spokesman of State Government.
He said that the concept notes of these three projects have been prepared by the respective departments. The concept note for the project improvement of health and economic condition of the population and the livestock in the proximity of Panipat Thermal Power Station has been prepared by Haryana Power Generation Corporation ltd.
Similarly, the concept notes for the project construction of injection wells at various locations as recharging scheme in Haryana and setting up of Climate Smart Villages in Haryana have been prepared by Irrigation Department and Agriculture Department respectively.
The Committee has also approved the establishment of an Excellence Centre in the Environment Department for creating a data bank on various climatic parameters of Haryana, which would be used for predicting climate changes with the help of different models, added the spokesman.