The document outlines the Forest Department of Haryana's water plan, which includes: 1) Planting in 395 villages affected by waterlogging across 12 districts, targeting over 19,000 hectares by 2024-25. 2) Rejuvenating ponds and constructing check dams, with targets of over 6,700 ponds and 1,800 check dams by 2024-25. 3) Proposing to reuse treated wastewater in nurseries, with a demand of over 11 million cubic meters in 2020-21.

1. Water Plan of Afforestation in Waterlogged Areas &
Reuse of Treated Waste Water in Nurseries
Vineet Garg, IAS
Additional Chief Secretary,
Forests, Wildlife & Environment Department
Government of Haryana.
Water Conclave
26 & 27 April 2023
Panchkula

2. Content of Presentation
• Activities undertaken by Forest Department for
conservation & Management of water in the State
• Details of Plantations proposed in Waterlogged areas
• Details of Construction of Check Dams proposed
• Proposal for Reuse of Treated Waste Water
• Activities proposed under Yamuna Rejuvenation Project
• Activities proposed under Bio Drainage Project
• Targets proposed as per IWRP along with key indicators
for the next 2 years (2023-24 & 2024-25)
• Challenges & Constraints perceived
• IEC Activities proposed.

3. S No. District Geographical area (Ha.) Waterlogged area (June 2020) (m)
0-1.5 m 1.5-3.0 m
1 Rohtak 1,66,797 16,824 90,548
2 Jhajjar 1,86,770 14,186 60,584
3 Bhiwani 4,87,072 0 47,428
4 Charkhi Dadri 1,36,517 5,114 14,140
5 Sonipat 2,26,053 19,729 53,899
6 Hisar 3,86,052 2,520 19,841
7 Ambala 1,59,585 1,102 5,315
8 Fatehabad 2,49,110 1,935 11700
9 Jind 2,73,600 7,965 17,087
10 Palwal 1,36,455 373 560
11 Sirsa 4,27,600 3,300 0
12 Gurugram 1,24,933 0 1,102
TOTAL 31,10,571 73,048 3,23,294
State 44,21,200 1.65 % 7.32 %
Details of Water Table in Waterlogged Districts of Haryana

4. Details of Villages having waterlogged areas (0 - 3m)
No. District No of Villages
1 Ambala 37
2 Bhiwani 27
3 C. Dadri 27
4 Fatehabad 9
5 Hisar 34
6 Jhajjar 82
7 Jind 25
8 Nuh 13
9 Palwal 9
10 Sirsa 13
11 Rohtak 71
12 Sonipat 46
TOTAL 395

5. Activities undertaken by Forest Department during
2022-23 to check water depletion
• Plantations in Waterlogged areas
– Total waterlogged area planted :
– Break Up of area :
• Reserved Forest :
• Protected Forest
• WLS and NPs
• Section 4 & 5 areas
• Panchayat Lands
• Others

6. Activities undertaken by Forest Department during
2022-23 to check water depletion
• Pond Rejuvenation
– Total ponds identified & Rejuvenated :
– Total area Rejuvenated :
– Break Up :

7. Activities undertaken by Forest Department during
2022-23 to check water depletion
• Construction of Check Dams
– Total number of Check Dams constructed:
– Total Catchment Area:
– Break Up :
• Areas where Treated Waste Water was
reused : Nil

8. Activities proposed by Forest Department
• Activities to be undertaken under Bio
Drainage Project
• Activities proposed under Yamuna
Rejuvenation Project

9. Process of Bio drainage

10. District wise and year wise Targets under different models of IWRP
District 2023-24 2024-25
M-I M-II M-III M-I M-II M-III
Rohtak 2716 278 227 5433 555 454
Jhajjar 1818 210 216 3635 420 431
Bhiwani 1423 0 0 2846 0 0
Charkhi Dadri 424 78 75 848 157 150
Sonipat 1617 300 292 3234 600 584
Hisar 595 76 0 1190 151 0
Ambala 159 33 0 319 66 0
Fatehabad 351 58 0 702 116 0
Jind 513 128 111 1025 255 223
Palwal 17 11 0 34 23 0
Gurugram 33 0 0 66 0 0
Sirsa 0 99 0 0 198 0
Total 9666 1270 921 19332 2541 1842

11. District 2025-26 2026-27
M-I M-II M-III M-I M-II M-III
Rohtak 6338 648 530 3622 370 303
Jhajjar 4241 490 503 2423 280 287
Bhiwani 3320 0 0 1897 0 0
Charkhi Dadri 990 183 175 566 105 100
Sonipat 3773 700 681 2156 400 389
Hisar 1389 176 0 794 101 0
Ambala 372 77 0 213 44 0
Fatehabad 819 135 0 468 77 0
Jind 1196 298 260 683 170 149
Palwal 39 26 0 22 15 0
Gurugram 77 0 0 44 0 0
Sirsa 0 231 0 0 132 0
Total 22554 2964 2149 12888 1694 1228
District wise and year wise Targets under different models of IWRP
(Contd..)

12. District Year 2023-24 Year 2024-25 Year 2025-26
M-I M-II M-III M-I M-II M-III M-I M-II M-III
Rohtak 887 186 298 1898 388 650 2319 467 802
Jhajjar 593 140 283 1270 294 616 1551 353 762
Bhiwani 464 0 0 994 0 0 1215 0 0
Charkhi Dadri 138 52 98 297 110 215 362 132 265
Sonipat 528 200 383 1,130 419 835 1,381 505 1,031
Hisar 194 51 0 415 106 0 508 127 0
Ambala 52 22 0 111 46 0 136 55 0
Fatehabad 115 39 0 245 81 0 299 97 0
Jind 167 86 146 359 178 319 437 115 394
Palwal 5 7 0 12 16 0 15 18 0
Gurugram 11 0 0 24 0 0 28 0 0
Sirsa 0 66 0 0 138 0 0 166 0
Total 3,154 849 1,208 6,755 1,776 2,635 8,251 2,035 3,254
District wise and year wise Financial Targets (in Lakhs)

13. District Year 2026-27 Year 2027-28
M-I M-II M-III M-I M-II M-III
Rohtak 1474 287 523 167 23 72
Jhajjar 986 217 496 111 17 68
Bhiwani 772 0 0 87 0 0
Charkhi Dadri 231 81 172 26 6 24
Sonipat 878 310 671 99 24 92
Hisar 323 78 0 37 6 0
Ambala 87 34 0 10 3 0
Fatehabad 191 59 0 22 5 0
Jind 278 132 256 31 10 35
Palwal 9 12 0 1 1 0
Gurugram 18 0 0 2 0 0
Sirsa 0 102 0 0 8 0
Total 5,247 1,312 2,118 593 103 291
District wise and year wise Financial Targets (in
Lakhs)

14. Demand and Supply of water in
Forest Nursery in Haryana
Demand of water 2020-21
(Units in meter cube)
Supply of water 2020-21
(Units in meter cube)
11,71,795 11,43,465

15. Challenges and Constraints expected
• Details of constraints expected in
achieving the proposed targets to be
included

16. IEC Activities proposed
• Details of various IEC activities of Forest
Department have to be included –
Indicating the financial allocation under
different Schemes and the proposed
additional requirement from the State.

17. Sharing of Best Practices
• To be included as per the success stories
available with Forest Department

18. Thank you!