Bhubaneswar, April 23: Rain water harvesting structures will now be constructed under the Urban Wage Employment Initiative (UWEI) in each ward of all 114 ULBs of Odisha with Mission Shakti Groups engaged as Implementing Partners, said an official release.
According to a Housing & Urban Development (H&UD) Department statement, a State-level Task Force headed by H&UD Principal Secretary and City Level Task Force headed by Commissioner/EO have been constituted to oversee execution of 5,000 rainwater harvesting structures proposed to be created in the next two months’ time before the onset of monsoon.
A capacity building programme was organised by the department on Friday to train all ULB engineers on low cost technological models.