A 50 million dollar loan agreement has been signed by the Centre and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a climate-adaptative water harvesting project in Meghalaya.
On December 5, 2024, the Climate-Adaptative Community-Based Water-Harvesting Project loan agreement was signed.
Across 12 districts, the initiative will help build 532 small water storage facilities.
In order to capture and control excessive rainfall and flash floods during the monsoon season, these facilities will be designed with climate resilience in mind.
During the dry season, the stored water will increase water security.
Three thousand hectares of command area will be created as part of the project to give farmers access to dependable irrigation sites.
Additionally, it will set up 50 weather stations to collect and track climate data, as well as micro-irrigation systems in the Khasi, Jaintia, and Garo regions.
The Meghalaya State Watershed and Wasteland Development Agency and the Soil and Water Conservation Department will receive assistance from the ADB to improve their water management capabilities.
