Himachal CM advocates change of water usage habits
The World Water Day, he said is all about accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis because water affects us all.
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.
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