Dimapur: The Governor of Nagaland Nand Kishore Yadav on Friday notified the establishment and operationalisation of the State Water Informatics Centre (SWIC), under the National Hydrology Project (NHP), with immediate effect.
The SWIC, to be run by the Nagaland Water Resources Department, will be responsible for the collection of state water resources data from various data-generating organisations and departments and for its standardisation in accordance with the scheme defined by the National Water Informatics Centre (NWIC).
The centre will be manned by the existing officers and staff of the department under the Superintending Engineer in charge of NHP.
The notification further stated that additional manpower may be provided as and when required, depending on the expansion of the scope of work of the SWIC.
The establishment and operationalisation of the SWIC was approved by the Nagaland Cabinet vide No. CAB-1/14/2023 dated 21st August 2026.
It is also in compliance with the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) dated 7th July 2022, signed between the National Water Informatics Centre (NWIC) and the Water Resources Department, Nagaland.