waterlogging management

Chandigarh, December 22: Haryana’s Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Shruti Choudhry informed the Assembly during the winter session that WAPCOS, a public sector undertaking of the Government of India, has been assigned the task of updating the Master Plan-1998 related to the management of waterlogging and soil salinity problems in the state. She said that WAPCOS has already submitted a draft report, which is currently undergoing ground-truthing to verify data and on-ground conditions. Based on this exercise, necessary modifications will be incorporated before finalisation. The minister added that the updated master plan is expected to be finalised by June 30,…