Jal Manthan –III to be held on January 13 in New Delhi to discuss Water issues

Team Udayavani, Jan 9, 2017, 4:53 PM IST

New Delhi: With a view to have wider consultations among various stakeholders to brain-storm new ideas for solutions to various issues of water sector the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation have jointly organized the third National conference called ‘Jal Manthan-III’ on January 13, 2017 in New Delhi. Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti will inaugurate the conference.

The daylong event will have consultations and discussions on Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana, River Basin Management, River Rejuvenation and Ecology, Flood management, Water use efficiency and Participatory irrigation management. The focus will be on refining policies of the Ministry to make them more people friendly and responsive to the needs of the states.

 About 700 participants comprising Union Ministers of related Ministries, Departments, Chief Ministers of some States, Union Territories, Irrigation, Water Resources Ministers of States, UTs, eminent experts in water sector, representatives of NGOs and senior officers of the Central and State Governments will be attending the event.

It may be recalled that the Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharati has emphasized the need to hold wider consultations amongst various stakeholders engaged in water resource development and management to achieve synergy of water resource development with environment, wild-life and various social and cultural practices. Jal Manthan programmes are being held to achieve this purpose.  The earlier Jal Manthan Programmes held in November, 2014 and February, 2016 were hugely successful.