Principal Secretary to Haryana Chief Minister, Dr K. K. Khandelwal on Tuesday stressed upon the need to explore new possibilities for increasing water availability and also to further strengthen the irrigation system in the State.
Khandelwal held discussions with the senior officers of the department regarding water resources of the state and various schemes which were being implemented by the department.
Directing the officers, he said that latest maps of different water sources of the state should be prepared within 15 days.
He asked them to prepare latest report regarding originating places of different rivers, their water capacity, dams and waterworks constructed over them and present situation in different states.
The Principal Secretary also discussed various legal aspects of water treaties and related Acts and Agreements passed after the inception of the State.
He said that the website of the department should be improved further and for this assistance should be taken from National Informatics Center (NIC) and HARTRON.