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The Central Water Commission through Survey of India took up preparation of maps of identified flood prone areas in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Assam and Jammu & Kashmir and an area of 54,740 sq.km. was surveyed. Subsequently, a Working Group was constituted by the Ministry of Water Resources during June 1999 to go into various aspects relating to maps prepared by the Survey of India in the field of water resources. Based on the report of the Working Group a scheme has been formulated by CWC for digitization and updating of these maps.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Water Resources, Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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