NHP

Name: National Hydrology Project (NHP)
Project Components A. Water Resources Monitoring System (57%)
B. Water Resources Information System (11%)
C. Water Resources Operations and Planning System (19.6%)
D. Institutional Capacity Development (12.4%)


Project Objective To improve the extent, quality, and accessibility of water resources information, decision support system for floods and basin level resource assessment/planning and to strengthen the capacity of targeted water resources professionals and management institutions in India.
Project Period 2016-17 to 2023-24
Approved Project Cost INR 99.00 Crore
Funding Agencies 100% Central Assistance as Central Sector Scheme by Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Govt. of India.
Important Milestones and Timelines Signing of MoA between Govt of India & Govt of West Bengal 27th Feb 2017
Project Completion Date 31st March 2024
Targets and Achievements Major Activities Ultimate Targets Achievement till 31.03.21
1) Installation of Real Time Data Acquisition System (RTDAS) for
i) River Gauge stations (AWLR) 155 Nil
ii) Rain Gauge stations (ARG) 66 Nil
iii) Automated weather stations (AWS) 9 Nil
iv) Dam / Barrage Gate Sensors 111 Nil
v) Canal Gate Sensors under KRP & MRP 450 (approx) Nil
2) Installation of Barrage Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system 2 One ongoing
3) Installation of Canal SCADA system 2 Nil
4) Creation of Data Centres 3 1
5) Water Modelling & Training Centres 5 Nil
6) Development of Flood Warning Systems 6 Sub-Basins Nil
7) Embankment Mapping in some flood prone stretches in South Bengal 1800 km (approx.) 110 km ongoing
8) Scanning & digitisation of important documents under I&W Department and creation of e-library Historical documents, reports, drawings & hydromet station data Phase-I completed & e-library linked in I&WD website in secure mode
9) Basinwise Water Availability Study Of fourteen districts Nil
10) Procurement of sofisticated survey instruments, software & peripherals to strengthen River Research Institute (RRI) RS-GIS s/w, Malhametical Modeling s/w, Survey siw, ADCP, RTK-DGPS, TS, Digita Level Almost 80% procurement completed