Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged citizens to renew their commitment to water conservation, emphasizing the critical role water plays in sustaining life and shaping the planet’s future.
Since 1993 the global community has been observing every year on March 22 the World Water Day (WWD) focusing attention on the importance of fresh water and advocating for sustainable management of water resources.
World Water Day, which is celebrated annually on 22 March, witnessed Electrosteel Castings Limited taking a step towards environmental responsibility by organising a Beach Cleaning Drive at Bakkhali Beach, West Bengal.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday reaffirmed India's commitment to conserve water and promote sustainable development.
The World Water Day, he said is all about accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis because water affects us all.
The Prime Minister also interacted with sarpanches and ward panches in Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
After the event, Gram Sabhas will be held in all Gram Panchayats of each district (except in the poll-bound states) to discuss issues related to water and water conservation. Gram Sabhas will also take ‘Jal Shapath’ for water conservation.
The point that nearly 600 million Indians face high to extreme water stress and about 200,000 people perish annually thanks to inadequate access to safe water is curiously not an issue of import; certainly not for the candidates and, regrettably, neither for the water-starved; the electorate happier being pickled in the mandir-masjid brine.
It hardly needs to be emphasised that water is a scarce and endangered resource with both rivers and groundwater in India running dry. Thus most atomic power stations are located near the sea, changing the ecology of the shoreline and also driving away fishermen.
Piramal Sarvajal, the philanthropic arm of Piramal Group organised a two day ‘Safe Drinking Water’ awareness drive here to coincide…
