July 22, 2009, Lucknow: WWF-India’s Living Ganga Programme under HSBC Climate Partnership organized an international conference on Enviornmental Flows in collaboration with the State Water Resources Agency, SWaRA, an apex water institution of the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Experts from various international and national organizations viz. WWF-India, WWF-UK, UNESCO-IHE, IWMI and various government departments, non-government organizations, academic and research institutions interacted with the participants and shared their case studies in the two-day conference.
The conference was inaugurated by Shri Anurag Srivastava, IAS, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Chairman PACT and Vice-Chairman, SWaRa. Dr. Suresh K Rohilla, Director – Environment and Development and Team Leader – Living Ganga Programme, presented an overview of the environmental flows with a global and Indian perspective. During the conference, WWF Water Security Series 2, Keeping Rivers Alive- A primer on environmental flows by Jay O’Keeffe and Tom Le Quesne was released.
About SWARA
STATE WATER RESOURCES AGENCY (SWARA)
SWaRA is equipped with multi-disciplinary experts and state of the art technology tools required for development of decision support system for planning efficient water use management. It aims to develop environmentally and socially sustainable inter-sectoral water allocation and optimal water resources management in a basin context throughout UP. SWaRA also endeavors to serves as the technical secretariat of the State Water Board and would act as technical secretariat of Uttar Pradesh Water Management and Regulatory Commission. The mandate of SWaRA is
Experts from various international and national organizations viz. WWF-India, WWF-UK, UNESCO-IHE, IWMI and various government departments, non-government organizations, academic and research institutions interacted with the participants and shared their case studies in the two-day conference.
The conference was inaugurated by Shri Anurag Srivastava, IAS, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Chairman PACT and Vice-Chairman, SWaRa. Dr. Suresh K Rohilla, Director – Environment and Development and Team Leader – Living Ganga Programme, presented an overview of the environmental flows with a global and Indian perspective. During the conference, WWF Water Security Series 2, Keeping Rivers Alive- A primer on environmental flows by Jay O’Keeffe and Tom Le Quesne was released.
About SWARA
STATE WATER RESOURCES AGENCY (SWARA)
SWaRA is equipped with multi-disciplinary experts and state of the art technology tools required for development of decision support system for planning efficient water use management. It aims to develop environmentally and socially sustainable inter-sectoral water allocation and optimal water resources management in a basin context throughout UP. SWaRA also endeavors to serves as the technical secretariat of the State Water Board and would act as technical secretariat of Uttar Pradesh Water Management and Regulatory Commission. The mandate of SWaRA is
- inter sectoral water resources allocation capacity building
- preparation of river basin water plan for optimal use of surface and ground water resources
- preparation of new bills for control of surface and ground water use.
- implementation of State Water Policy
