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DIMAPUR the Ministry of Jal Shakti has conducted the first-ever census of water bodies across the nation, which reveals crucial insights into the country’s water resources. The census provides a comprehensive inventory of India’s water resources, including natural and man-made water bodies like ponds, tanks, lakes, and more, a PIB release stated. According to the census, which enumerated over 24 lakh water bodies spread across the country, Nagaland state has 1,432 water bodies out of which 1,287 (89.87%) are located in rural areas and the remaining 145 (10.13%) in urban areas. Majority of the water bodies in Nagaland are in the form of ponds (90.64%), 5.03% water bodies as tanks, 0.84% water bodies as lakes and 3.49% as water conservation. Based on the data, it can be inferred that 1,348 (94.13%) of the water bodies in Nagaland are privately owned, while the remaining 84 (5.87%) are under public ownership, which indicates a significant predominance of private entiti
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