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Water soil conservation authority to be set up in Uttarakhand

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Press Trust of India Dehra Dun

After chairing a review meeting of horticulture department, Bahuguna told reporters that the authority would promote and ensure effective implementation of rain-harvesting in resorts and other commercial buildings, the maps of which were approved with the system.

In Uttarakhand, 40 percent soil erosion has already taken place and effective implementation of rain-harvesting would also help check the problem, the Chief Minister said.

  

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First Published: Aug 23 2012 | 6:05 PM IST

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