HYDERABAD: is ranked 10th in overall composite water management index with a score of 49.6 in 2016-17, despite improving its performance in water resources management when compared to previous year.
According to a report released by NITI Aayog, Telangana is ranked among red category states with a low score that also includes Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Goa.
ranked third in the overall index.
It said Telangana restored 70 per cent of its irrigation potential of identified bodies and 90 per cent of critical wells.
The report stated Telangana is also doing well in urban water supply.
Listing steps needed to improve the situation, the report said, Telangana has not yet begun the process of power feeder segregation and it’s one of the few states which don’t charge for borewell electricity and has negligible micro-irrigation coverage.
The report said the state’s rural drinking water supply scenario needs to improve as only 55 per cent rural habitations have been adequately covered.
Besides, there has been no improvement in water quality in the rural areas, it said.
According to NITI Aayog, the state index score for the base year 2015-16 was 45.2 and it has risen to 49.6 in 2016-17.
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