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The State authorities connected Thursday told the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court astir the improvement of Tamil Nadu Water Resources Information and Management System (TNWRIMS), a web portal with Decision Support System which was completed by Water Resources Department and launched by the Chief Minister connected July 3.
The tribunal was proceeding a contempt petition filed by advocator R. Manibharathi of Madurai who complained that the earlier tribunal bid directing the State to unfastened a dedicated website containing an exhaustive database of each waterbodies successful Tamil Nadu with their details had not been complied with.
In a presumption report, Secretary of the WRD J. Jayakanthan submitted that the vessel and the reservoir modules successful the TNWRIMS contained accusation astir 92,068 tanks and 127 reservoirs successful some Geographical Information System (GIS) and Management Information System (MIS) dashboards.
The portal was present being utilized by each enactment departments for their h2o resources-related activities with constricted login facilities. The The Differential Global Positioning System-surveyed waterbodies’ details would beryllium uploaded successful a phased mode arsenic and erstwhile shared by the Director, Department of Survey and Settlement (DOSS). The disposable information specified arsenic geographical and hydraulic details connected vessel and reservoir modules successful the TNWRIMS would beryllium uploaded for nationalist domain wrong 1 month.
Director of Survey and Settlement Deepak Jacob, successful a presumption report, submitted that with the existent fig of tract surveyors it would necessitate astir 3 years to implicit the task of measuring, validating and uploading details to the website. However, with further unit deployment the enactment mightiness beryllium completed successful 2 years, for which efforts were being made by the department.
The Tamil Nadu e-governance Agency (TNeGA) method unit uploaded waterbody information making it accessible for nationalist viewing, it was submitted.
In 2024, a Division Bench of Justices G.R. Swaminathan and B. Pugalendhi had issued a bid of directions to the State. It had directed the State to unfastened a dedicated website containing an exhaustive database of each waterbodies successful Tamil Nadu
The tribunal had observed that the website should incorporate applicable details pertaining to waterbodies (including tanks, lakes, rivers and kanmois), survey numbers, carnal locations, details of villages, taluks and districts and grade (both archetypal and present). The tribunal had directed that the website meant for viewing by each should beryllium opened successful six months.
Since the tribunal absorption was not complied with, the contiguous contempt petition was filed. The tribunal posted the substance to December 18 for reporting further advancement made.
