OBJECTIVE OF URBAN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
Main objective of a sustainable urban watershed management system are to provide safe drinking water, handle wastewater for the maintenance of public health, protect against floods, along with alleviating the effects of pollution.
ACT has aggressively started strong awareness
activities on Hamirsar lake of Bhuj city.
A citizen’s committee Hamirsar Sneh Samvardhan Samiti is
emerging as lake conservation committee. The works which were undertaken for
Hamirsar lake have been given broad vision with more activities, and to create
wide scope, the committee has been expanded and given a new name Jalstrota
Sheha SamVardhan Samiti and whatever work which will be undertaken by
this committee would be done and carried out by Urban Watershed Management of
ACT as decided by the committee members. Today this samiti work on drinking
water problems of Bhuj city as well as groundwater recharge and groundwater
management with publics participatory.