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organisations for techno-economic clearance by Central Electricity Authority
(CEA) are also scrutinised in CWC from the view point of hydrology, civil design,
inter-state issues and cost aspects of civil components. Technical aspects of water
supply schemes and cost aspects of flood control schemes (except projects for
Ganga Basin and Brahmaputra Basin) are also appraised as and when referred
by state governments.
Project Monitoring
A three tier system of monitoring at centre, state and project level was introduced
in 1975. At central level, this work was entrusted to CWC. The main objective
of monitoring is to ensure the achievement of physical and financial targets and
achieve the targets of creation of irrigation potential. Monitoring system is also
expected to contribute in identification of the inputs required, analysis of the
reasons for any shortfalls/bottlenecks and suggest remedial measures, etc., with
a view to complete the projects in a time bound manner. The field inspection is
also being supplemented with satellite based online monitoring using processed
Cartosat imageries available on BHUVAN web services (SatAIBP).
Monitoring of Glacial Lakes in the Himalayan Regions
CWC is monitoring glacial lakes/water bodies in the Himalayan Region of
Indian River basins on monthly basis from the monsoon season of 2011 onwards.
As per the monitoring report of October, 2015, cloud free data of 437 GL/WBs
was available. Amongst these, 234 GL/WBs have shown decrease in water
spread area, 55 have shown increase, 145 have not shown any significant charge
(+/-5 per cent) while one glacial lake and two water bodies have dried up. 9
out of 234 have decreased by more than 30 per cent and 6 out of 55 water bodies
have shown increase in area by more than 30 per cent.
Design Consultancy
Central Water Commission is actively associated with design of majority of the
mega water resources projects in India and neighbouring countries viz., Nepal,
Bhutan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and African countries by way of
design consultancy or in the technical appraisal of the projects. Four design
units are functioning to cater to specific requirements and to attend to special
design related problems of different regions.
Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project
Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) is the World Bank assisted
project with the provision of rehabilitation of about 225 large dams in the seven
participating states (namely Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh,
Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand) along with institutional strengthening
component for participating states and Central Water Commission. It has become
effective from 2012 for implementation over a period of six-years. The Dam
Safety Organisation, CWC has received ISO 9001: 2008 certification for its quality
management systems from the Bureau of Indian Standards in 2015. Central
Water Commission also received "CBIP Award 2016" for promoting health and
safety of large dams under DRIP.