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The National Water Academy (NWA) is located at:
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Answer: Option C — Khadakwasla, Pune
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The National Water Academy (NWA) is located at Khadakwasla, near Pune, Maharashtra.
About the National Water Academy:
- It was set up in 1988 as the "Central Training Unit" of the Central Water Commission (CWC), with the help of the World Bank, and was later renamed the National Water Academy.
- It works under the Central Water Commission, which comes under the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti.
- It is a centre of excellence for training engineers and officials in water resources planning, development and management.
- It trains officers of the central and state governments, as well as people from other countries.
- Its training covers topics such as hydrology, flood forecasting, dam safety, irrigation management, groundwater, water quality and climate change.
Other institutions at Khadakwasla:
- Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS): set up in 1916 as a special irrigation cell; a premier hydraulic research institute that does model studies of dams, rivers, ports and coastal structures.
- National Defence Academy (NDA): the joint training academy for the three armed services.
- Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), Girinagar.
- Khadakwasla Dam on the Mutha river supplies water to Pune city.
Other water institutions in India:
- Central Water Commission (CWC): New Delhi (1945).
- Central Ground Water Board (CGWB): Faridabad (1970).
- National Institute of Hydrology (NIH): Roorkee (1978).
- Central Soil and Materials Research Station: New Delhi.
- National Water Development Agency (NWDA): New Delhi (1982); plans the interlinking of rivers.
- National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG): New Delhi (2011).
- Ministry of Jal Shakti: formed in May 2019 by merging the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Water programmes:
- Jal Jeevan Mission (2019): tap water connections to all rural households.
- Atal Bhujal Yojana (2019): community-led groundwater management.
- "Catch the Rain" campaign (2021).
Why not the other options?
- ✗Roorkee has the National Institute of Hydrology and IIT Roorkee.
- ✗New Delhi has the Central Water Commission.
- ✗Bhopal has the Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI).
Quick tip
Remember: National Water Academy = Khadakwasla, Pune (1988; under the Central Water Commission; Ministry of Jal Shakti); CWPRS = also Khadakwasla (1916); National Institute of Hydrology = Roorkee; CGWB = Faridabad.
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