The work plan for FY 2010-11 has been approved by the World Bank / PCS for Rs 1386.62 Lakh with the following provisions:

An expenditure of Rs.9.39 Lakh has been incurred during the current financial year upto April, 2010 and cumulative expenditure upto April, 2010 is Rs 1602.45 Lakh.

So far, 34 reimbursement claims have been submitted by the Hydrology Cell to CAAA, New Delhi. The year wise details are as under:-

GROUND WATER:-
There was a provision to install 70 Nos. piezometer bore wells in the State under GW component to assess the GW quality and quantity. The State Level Expert group for ‘Finalization Of Specification, Selection And Installation Of Equipment At Site Under Hydrology Project Phase-II For Ground Water Observation Wells’ has finalized the specification and location of the proposed piezometer bore wells in consultation with CGWB, Dharamshala Office. The tender for civil works of piezometer bore wells was awarded in Feb.,2008 for Rs. 91.91 Lakhs after vetting of draft agreement from World Bank authorities as per WB procurement guidelines. This work was slated for completion in 16 months and piezometer installation has been completed.
The project had a provision for installation of 35 digital water level recorders (DWLR). As per the initial cost estimates a tender was invited for providing and installation of 24 nos. DWLRs and 70 nos. protective covers after approval of bid documents from the World Bank to remain close to the corresponding financial provision in the PIP. As advised during the Sept. 2008 review mission the specifications and rates received in the offers were sent to CGWB, Faridabad for examination and vetting. However, CGWB had returned the case with comments that the action be taken by the State as per procurement procedure. As per the recommendation of the tender evaluation Committee the tender was recalled for providing and installation of 10 nos. DWLR & 70 nos. protective covers separately. Both the tenders have been awarded to lowest competitive bidders and 10 nos. DWLR and 70 nos. protective covers have been installed.
It was proposed to revise the physical provisions by having 80 piezometer bore wells and 80 DWLRs at the time of Mid Term Review (MTR ( Revised PIP)) and the same was accepted by the Mission. Accordingly, tenders have been invited for installation of additional 10 nos. piezometer bore wells and estimate is being framed for installation of balance 70 DWLRs.

WATER QUALITY:-
The setup of 12 Level-I & 3 Level-II water quality labs was approved in the 1st meeting of the Expert Group for finalization of specification, selection and installation of equipment under Hydrology Project Phase-II for Water Quality held on 9-10-07. The water quality network and specification of its equipment were sent to Central Pollution Control Board for examination and comments. The proposal of setting up of WQ labs and specification of WQ equipments was finalized by CPCB in February, 2008.
The tender for Supply of equipments for Level II labs was called on the basis of already approved document by the World Bank. However, the tender was evaluated and it was recommended by the Evaluation Committee that the tender may be recalled after approval from PCS / WB as none of the 2 bidders had deposited the requisite bid security and were both non-responsive. However, in the March,2009 WB review it was informed that Maharashtra had procured the level-II lab instruments based on some modified specifications. Recognizing the necessity to adopt more suitable specifications a copy of the same was obtained from Hydrology Project office, Maharashtra. The matter regarding WQ lab equipment specifications was referred to the Central Specification Committee by Hydrology Cell. The Specification Committee, CWC, in its 4th meeting held at New Delhi 28-07-2009 finalized the specifications. The estimates for level I lab equipments was finalized and the tender was awarded for supply of 6 lab equipments. The material has been received. The estimate for level II lab equipment is being revised.
In the PIP document the water quality network comprised of provision for 12 Level I lab buildings and 6 set of equipment. However, as per the finalized network the provision was revised to 6 Level I lab buildings and 12 set of equipment. The provision of water quality kits was also revised to 15 nos. from 30 nos. approved earlier. Besides, the project has a provision for construction of 2 level-II and 1 level-II+ lab buildings.
The tender for construction of Level II lab building at Mandi was awarded in Feb., 2010 and work is in final stages. The Tender for level II lab at Dharamshala has been awarded and work is in progress. Architectural Drawing of Level-II lab at Shimla is under preparation.
The Tender for Level-I lab building at Rampur has been awarded. The tenders for Level-I lab at Baijnath and Dehra are under check. Tenders have been called for the Level-I lab buildings at Karsog, Banjar and Nohradhar.
15 nos. Water Quality kits have been procured. GoHP has accorded approval to fill up 39 posts of various categories for laboratory staff. The R&P rules for these categories are being prepared / finalized

PURPOSE DRIVEN STUDIES (PDS):-
1st meeting of the Expert group for finalization of topics of Purpose Driven studies under Hydrology Project Phase-II was held on 9.10.07. The following topics were approved:-

Surface water 

1.

Impact Of Sewerage Effluent On Drinking Water Sources Of Shimla City & Suggesting Ameliorative Measures

2.

Study Of Impact Of River / Khad Bed Mining On Water Sources (Water Winning Structures) & Evolution Of Policy & Guidelines To Prevent Adverse Impact.

Ground water

1

Study on Ground Water Quality Characteristic In Industrial Predominant Areas Of H.P.

Surface water & Ground water

1

Suggesting Short & Long Terms Measures For Combating Water Stress In Identified Areas Of H.P.

The Sub Committees of GoI on PDS topics was requested to approve these topics.

HISMG(tech.)in its 5th meeting held on 29-4-2008 has approved PDS topics except for the one proposed under Ground Water head. A presentation on the proposed PDS under Ground water was made before the HISMG(Tech) in its 7^th meeting convened at New Delhi on 25/09/2008 and the study is likely to be approved.

The Study of impact of Sewerage Effluent on Drinking Water Sources of Shimla City & Suggesting Amelioration Measures is being carried out by NIH Roorkee under their component. However, procurement specialist of Technical and Management Consultant (TAMC) team, engaged by the PCS, advised to prepare TOR for inviting EOI for this assignment. The draft EOI for the three studies has been cleared and same has been invited for 3 studies by 20th March, 2010.

The Hydrological Information System Management Group-Technical (HISMG-Tech) in his 5th meeting held on 29.04.08 approved following three topics of PDS of the State:-
1. Impact of Sewerage Effluent on Drinking Water Sources of Shimla City & Suggesting Ameliorative Measures.
2. Suggesting Short & Long Terms Measures for Combating Water Stress in Identified Areas Of H.P.
3. Study of Impact of River / Khad Bed Mining On Water Sources (Water Winning Structures) & Evolution of Policy & Guidelines To Prevent Adverse Impact.

The Proposed Study on” Ground Water Quality Characteristic in Industrial Predominant Areas of H.P. was not approved by the CGWB. The proposal was revised as per the sample format received by the CGWB during World Bank Review Mission 23-27 March, 2009 and was submitted to the Regional Director, CGWB in August, 2009. A presentation on the proposed PDS was made in the 7th meeting of HISMG-Tech held New Delhi on 25.09.2009 and study has been cleared by Central Committee.
The study of Impact of Sewerage Effluent on Drinking Water Sources of Shimla City & Suggesting Ameliorative Measures is being carried out by NIH Roorkee under their component. Some basic data has been supplied to NIH and a team of Scientist also visited Shimla for this study twice (latest on 25th & 26th Feb., 2010).
NIH, Roorkee was also requested to carry out other two approved studies but they have expressed their inability to conduct these studies due to their others commitments. Therefore, action was initiated to engage eminent faculty from IIT, Roorkee and NIT, Hamirpur as consultant for facilitating the department to carry out the study.
However, procurement specialist of Technical and Management Consultant (TAMC) team, engaged by the PCS, advised to prepare TOR for inviting EOI for this assignment. The draft EOI for the three studies was cleared and the same were invited upto 20th March, 2010. Shortlisting of the agency was done after the receipt of the proposal and has been sent to PCS alongwith draft Letter of Invitation for their approval.

HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
 
A network comprising of 190 Rain gauge (RG) stations, 17 Fully Climatic (FC) stations and 45 Snow Gauges was approved by the State Level Expert group. The RG network includes 141 existing functional RGs, 23 existing RGs proposed for up gradation and 26 new RGs. The FCS network includes 11 existing stations and 6 new stations and Snow Gauge network includes 29 existing and 16 new stations. This network was finalized on the basis of information made available by agencies owning these stations. However, on physical verification, it was found that the network would require a revision since some of the existing stations included in the network as functional stations were in fact non functional and vice-versa. Therefore, 2nd Meeting of Expert Group for Finalization of Specification, Selection and Installation of Equipment at Site under Hydrology Project Phase-II (World Bank Aided) for Hydro Meteorological Stations was convened on 27-07-09 which considered and approved the revision of network. The revised network consists of 189 RG stations which includes 87 functional stations, 74 Defunct stations proposed for up gradation and 28 new proposed RG stations. The Committee also recommended to include the provision of Automatic Weather Stations in the MTR (Revised PIP). The revised Hydrometeorological network was accepted by the review mission.
The combined inspection of RG and FCS sites with IMD Officers/Officials has been completed in the State except for two RG sites in Distt. Chamba. The tenders were invited in May, 2008 for civil work & Procurement of equipments of 32 SRG, 22 ARG and 3 FCS after getting the specification of Hydrometeorological equipments approved by IMD on 9-1-2008. Since no responsive tender was received in the 1st call, the tenders were recalled after getting the approval of World Bank. Order for procurement of hydrometeorological equipment was placed to the lowest evaluated bidder for Rs. 10.28 Lakh in Sept.2008 after completion of the evaluation process and receipt of no objection from the World Bank. The tender for civil works and installation for equipment was awarded in Nov.,2008 for Rs. 23.29 Lakh to the lowest bidder, after getting No Objection from PCS. The work is in progress and FCS at Bilaspur, Rajgarh and Chamba have been installed. The installation work of 27 SRG and 20 ARG sites has also been completed. IMD has been requested to conduct the joint inspection of existing sites which have been approved for upgradation.
The entry of hydrometeorological data received from the Department of Land Record for the year 1961-1963, 1966-1968, 1971-1977, 1978-1989, 1990-1995 and 1994 to 2005 is being made in Surface Water data Entry System (SWDES) software. Current rainfall data is also being collected from IMD and entered w.e.f January 2008. 2 nos. Data Entry Operators have been engaged through DOEACC, Shimla Branch w.e.f June, 2008 to expedite data entry. The availability of the data is also posted on the website.

DATA CENTRE
The proposal to set up a State Data Center, 10 Circle/Divisional Data Centers and 51 Sub Divisional Centers in the State to house the data computing & processing facilities at various level was approved by the Expert Group in Nov.,2006 as per the approved provisions of PIP.
However, keeping in view the dedicated institutional set up approved by the GoHP in July, 2008 the data processing and management setup was revised and approved by the Expert Group in its 3rd meeting on 26-05-2009. In the new approved set-up 40 Sub divisional Data Centers are proposed instead of 51 Sub Divisional Centers and 8 Divisional Data Centers are proposed instead of 10 Circle / Divisional Data Centers. The expert group has also approved the construction of buildings for State Data Centre, 5 Divisional data centers and 12 Sub-Division data centre. These provisions were accordingly amended during MTR (Revised PIP).
The tender for State data Centre, Mandi has been awarded in Sept., 2008 for Rs. 122.75 Lakh and this work has been completed. The tender for 4 Nos. Sub Divisional data centers (SDDC) under Shimla Zone have been awarded in Nov. 2008 for Rs. 43.71 Lakh and civil work for SDDC, Kangaghat, Nalagarh, Dharampur and Gumma has been completed. The tender for construction of GWO office at Una was awarded in March, 2009 and the work is in progress. The tender for 3 SDDC in district Una has been awarded and work is in progress. The tenders for SDDC, Kanaid & Padhar and Nohradhar has been called. The tender for DDC Nurpur has been awarded and work is in progress. The tender for DDC Palampur is under Check.
The hardware for 35 SDDC computer packages and 8 DDC computer packages has been procured.

HISTORICAL DATA ENTRY:-
Entry of historical Hydrometeorlogical data has been started in Hydrology Cell.

Rainfall data entry for the following stations is available in the Cell.

Sr.No

District Name

Station Name

1.

Shimla

2

Bilaspur

Sadar, Ghumarwin, Raghunathpura, Bilaspur Obs.

3

Chamba

Chamba, Sahu, Chahatrari, Bhanota, Chowari, Barthi, Kalatop, Bharmaur, Tissa, Bhandal, Killar.

4

Hamirpur

Hamirpur, Bhoranj, Nadaun, Barsar.

5

Kangra

Dehra, Kangra, Nurpur, Dharamshala, Palampur.

6

Kullu

Kullu, Banjar.

7

Kinnaur

Nichar, Kilba, Sangla, Kalpa, Purbani

8

Lahual & Spiti

Keylong and Kaza.

9

Mandi

Sadar, Jogindernagar, Sarkaghat, Chachiot, Sundernagar, Karsog, Bhangrotu, Jungi, Kataula, Panjiei, Janjehli, Mandi Obs, Sandhol.

10

Solan

Kandaghat, Kasauli, Nalagarh, Arki, Solan.

11

Sirmour

Nahan, Paonta, Renuka, Pachhad, Bagthan, Dhaula Kuan, Dadahu, Dadopur.

12

Una

Una, Bangana.

SURFACE WATER:-
There is provision to establish 40 Nos. gauge and discharge (G&D) sites in the State under this project. These stations shall be established in four basins of the state as no G&D site is required to be established in Yamuna basins as per the GoI instructions.1st meeting of the Expert Group for ‘Finalization Of Specification, Selection And Installation Of Equipment Under Hydrology Project Phase-II For Hydrological Stations’ was held on 19-02-08. The basin wise broad location of sites identified in consultation with Central Water Commission, Shimla was approved by the Expert Group besides pinpointing of 6 locations of Satluj Basin. The network comprises of 83 stations which includes 44 existing stations owned by different agencies and 39 new stations. 3 Existing defunct stations in Ravi basin were approved for up gradation. Joint Inspection of the proposed sites has been completed except for 2 sites. As per site conditions the surface water network provision was to 35 new stations based upon the feasibility of the stations observed during the site inspection. The details of new proposed stations is as under :
i) Frame winch bridge outfit /manual bridge site = 24 Nos.
ii) Bank operated cable way = 8 Nos.
iii) Discharge Measuring Weirs = 3 Nos.

A short term technical consultancy was felt to be required for planning, design and other assistance for installation of bank operated cableways and head weirs. The TOR for inviting EOI was prepared by the Hydrology Cell and got approved by World Bank/PCS. The EOI were received upto 22 July, 2009 and evaluation process was completed for short listing of the consultant. The PCS had cleared the draft of Letter of Invitation (LOI) and short listed consultant was asked to send the technical and financial proposal. The received proposal has been reviewed by the Evaluation Committee and it was observed that, the received proposal is incomplete. Hence, the Evaluation Committee has recommended to reject the proposal and the same has been sent to PCS for No objection.
There was a provision to procure 8 bridge outfits and current meters during FY 2009-10. Tenders were invited for the same and order has been placed for supply of 8 current meters (Propeller, Standars and Pygmy type). The tenders received for bridge outfit were cancelled being non responsive to the technical requirements. The tenders for 8 site stores have also been awarded. The estimates for head weirs and bridge sites are being prepared.

TRAINING OF OFFICIALS AND OFFICERS:-

Under training component of the project 351 officials/officers of various levels in the department were trained at various reputed institutions in the country in the skills like hydrometry studies, water quality, groundwater assessment & management, SWDES (Surface Water Data Entry System), GEMS etc.

STUDY TOURS:-

Study tours were organised under the Project to find out and analyse the developments in the other states where HP II is under successful implementation. A study tour of the states of Gujarat & Maharastra was organised for multidisciplinary team of officers from the stae in November 2007. The dedicated institutional set up for HP II was created in July 2008 as per the recommendations of the study tour report.

A study tour of Andhra Pradesh & Karnatka was organised in December 2008 for middle level and Junior level officers associated with HP II in the state.

A study tour to Kerala, Karnatka and Goa was organised in October 2009.