Terraqua Foundation

Situation: States in India face complex problems that are difficult to analyze and solve. Land and water are two major aspects for the delivery, regulatory, and control functions of the state. Governance of land and water has massive impacts on the lives of people. In each state there are several organizations responsible for various aspects of managing land and water, but each state has only two nodal agencies for governance and management of land and water. Land use governance and management is the responsibility of the Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP). Water governance and management is done by a designated agency for Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM).

• Intertwined Concerns. Land and Water are intricately intertwined with Agriculture, Transportation, Economics, and Jobs.

• Community Engagement. No consistent and effective engagement of communities and organizations in a consistent, aligned, and effective manner.

• Data Availability. There is a pressing need to collect and provide reliable data.

Problem: lack of coordinating capability leads to wasted efforts and reduced returns on investments.

• Coordination Gap. Each state has several organizations acting in disparate ways -- they lack alignment and coordination. Coordination methods: plain ol' file-movements, notations, and approvals. This method imposes unacceptable delays and costs for the current scale and scope of the required coordination.

• Capability Gap. The states’ DTCP and IWRM agencies cannot perform their roles because they do not have the technology and expertise to do so at the scale and scope required. Expertise will need to be sourced internationally.

• Technology Gap. There is no comprehensive and affordable system for land resource and water resource management that has the latest information for the entire state so that everyone can have a factual view of the situation for coordinated operations and transformation.

Solution: a coordinating capability with expertise and technology (decision intelligence system) for DTCP and IWRM at the scale of large states in India.

• Expertise: integrate multiple facets into a holistic policy, plan, and execution model for effective and efficient management of land and water for the state. The expertise required is sourced from the best talents worldwide and harnessed to the needs of the state departments.

• Outreach: Enable communities to understand, prioritize, build, and sustain the institutions, facilities, policies, and regulations they need to solve the problems they face. It is communities that face problems, and the solution lies in reinvigorating communities and enabling them to create and sustain solutions. Build community capacities to listen to people, get guidance from experts, and enable communities of active participants.

• Systems: a data hub, decision analytics, reporting, GIS, IoT, and AI agent functionality. Provide AI-enabled decision support for policy, strategy, planning, project tracking, and operations monitoring.

Contact Us

Deepak Sinha, Senior Advisor

Premanand Eswarapu, Director

Priya Gazdar, Director

Rahul Saxena, Advisor

Terraqua Foundation, 9th Floor, Vamsiram Jyothi Granules, Kondapur, Hyderabad, Telangana 500084 INDIA