Govt. app to capture data on groundwater levels

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About Jaldoot App:

The app has been jointly developed by Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj to capture the water level of selected wells in a village.
This is a Mobile application which will work in both online and offline mode. So, water level can be captured even without internet connectivity.
The captured date will be stored in mobile and when mobile comes in the connectivity area, data will synchronize with the central server.
This will allow the app to collect data in remote parts of the country where mobile connectivity is not yet available or is not stable.
The data collected by the Jaldoot app would be integrated with the database of National Water Informatics Centre (NWIC).
It will enable Gram Rojgar Sahayak (GRS) to measure the water level of selected wells in pre-monsoon and post-monsoon period i.e., twice a year.
2 to 3 measurement locations will be selected in every village the average of which will be representative of the ground water level in that village.
The app will provide panchayats with robust data, which will be further used for better planning of works.
The ground water data could be utilised as part of the Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) and Mahatma Gandhi NREGA planning exercises.
Water level report, Monsoon Report and Registered user report are available at JALDOOT web portal.
To ensure transparency, the officers assigned for the task have been told to upload the geotagged photographs through the app each time the measurement is done.