Dehradun, April 3 -- In view of saving electricity expenditure on tubewells across the state, Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan has directed the department of drinking water and other related departments to work on the action plan to install solar energy systems by mapping the vacant places.

The Chief Secretary also directed that the groundwater level report be compulsorily obtained before installing tubewells and that the report be made available to the Drinking Water Corporation and Jal Sansthan of areas with critical drinking water.

Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan chaired the 12th High Powered Committee (HPC) meeting on Wednesday at the Secretariat, which was related to the World Bank-assisted Uttarakhand Water Supply Program (...