DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Atal Bhujal Yojana is a Participatory Groundwater Management scheme supported by the Central government and World Bank and implemented by the Haryana government. The major objective of this scheme is to create the Hydrogeological data network of groundwater resources in Haryana. Also, to build community institutions to manage the groundwater resources in the state. As a part of the programme, community mobilisation and awareness activities, as well as capacity building of stakeholders, will take place. Initially, the Water Security Plan of each village will be prepared and the same will be implemented over the next four years. The World Bank and Government of India team visited the Haryana and reviewed the progress of Atal Bhujal Yojana Haryana. As a part of two days visit, the team had visited the villages in Kurukshetra and attended the multistakeholders workshop at Panchkula. As a part of the World Bank Mission visit, a multi-stakeholders state workshop of Atal Bhujal Yojana was organised at PWD rest house, Panchkula. The workshop was attended by Additional Chief Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources Department, Sh. Devender Singh, Sh. Satya Priya, country lead (Atal Bhujal Yojana) - World Bank, Smt. Keshni Anand Arora IAS(Retd.) Chairperson - HWRA, Sh. Hardeep Singh, Director Agriculture department, Dr Satbir Singh Kadian, EIC cum Project Director (Atal Bhujal Yojana - Haryana) - Irrigation and water resources department, Sh. Umesh Balpande, Director - Atal Bhujal Yojana. Also, the technical experts of state project management unit, the head of departments from 18 line departments, 14 district nodal officers and other officers will be attending the same. The opening address was delivered by Smt. Keshni Anand Arora, Chairperson - HWRA. Keshni Anand Arora, stated that this workshop on participatory water management has been organized for bring together the ground level workers of Atal Bhujal and other inline departments whose policies can be brought into Atal Jal Scheme through convergence. (editor@dailyworld.in)