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Fig. 93: Spatial information
CLART is currently being used in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya and Karnataka. An MoU has also been signed with the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), for taking CLART to 50,000 Gram Panchayats under ‘Mission Antyodaya’.
The next phase of implementation for CLART is envisioned to integrate it as a geospatial tool that assists rural communities and planners of programmes like MGNREGA across the country to use and apply technology in a user-friendly manner for better decision-making in the field.
With respect to GWMT, the past 5 seasons of monitoring have aided the development of highly overexploited blocks across 12 states of the country. The plan is to increase the coverage across the country by touching 650,000+ villages in India, and consistently monitoring at least 1 well in each village. Integrating this database with the existing databases of the Central Ground Water Board (approx. 15,000 wells across the country) and different state governments can enable better visualisation of the problem at hand and, subsequently, appropriate action. The information and analyses derived from the application of GWMT are already being used by several communities to trigger discussions around water security, water conservation and management in their villages.
