Bandipora : The Central Nodal Officer (CNO) for Catch the Rain- Jal Shakti Abhiyan, A.K Tiwari on Tuesday visited Bandipora district.
He was accompanied by Scientist-B Himesh Pandya.
On the occasion, Tiwari chaired a meeting of concerned officers regarding Catch the Rain-Jal Shakti Abhiyan at Mini Secretariat, here.
The meeting was informed that in District Bandipora 133 sites were identified under Amrit Sarovar, out of which 59 have been taken up, out of which 49 have been completed.
It was given out that 73 sites were identified in Bandipora, 58 in Sonawari and 02 sites in Gurez.
Later, Tiwari conducted field visits to take spot inspection of various Amrit Sarovar sites in Arin Block of Bandipora. He also visited the Water Testing Laboratory of Jal Shakti Department.
The CNO also visited Divisional Forest Office Bandipora to take inspection of Forest Nursery at Divisional Forest Office Chitternar.
The meeting was attended by Vice Chairperson District Development Council Bandipora Kousar Shafeeq, JDP Imtiyaz Ahmad, ACD Bandipora Ab Rashid Das, DFO Bandipora Mudasir Mehmood, Tehsildar Bandipora Sheikh Tariq, BDOs and officers from Jal Shakti Department besides other concerned.
