Bhubaneswar: The Department of Water Resources, Government of Odisha, distributed appointment orders to newly recruited 36 geologists in the Ground Water Development Directorate. Tunkuni Sahu, Minister for Water Resources and Commerce and Transport, distributed appointment letters to the newly-recruited geologists during a programme organised by the DoWR at Geet Govind Sadan Auditorium in the capital city on Tuesday.
The minister also launched a mobile application “GUESS” (Ground Water Utility & Extraction Structure Survey), developed by GWD, Odisha under the National Hydrological Project.
In addition, Tunkuni Sahu also released IEC materials under the “CHHATA” (Community Harnessing & Harvesting Rainwater Artificially from Terrace to Aquifer) scheme. She also flagged off a publicity van on the “CHHATA” scheme for creating awareness among the people on the benefits of adopting the rooftop rainwater harvesting system (RRHS) of DoWR.
Addressing the newly-recruited geologists she said, “Water is precious. Keeping in view the requirement of water for our daily consumption, agriculture, industrial and other needs, the state government is committed to the conservation of water and related projects. We have made consistent efforts to enhance water use efficiency. But challenges due to climatic change are a concern of the hour and we have to depend upon groundwater.”
