Union Minister declares Dr. Ambedkar’s birthday to be celebrated as Water Day
She was addressing a National Seminar on 'Marching Ahead on Dr. Ambedkar’s Path of Water Resources Management for Inclusive Growth', organised by the Central Water Commission, on the occasion of death anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The Minister said, “In the coming days, water is going to become an important agenda of the government."
She said time has come to think that whether we require treated water for every work and we have to find out how to use treated and non treated water in a better way.
Underlining the role of water in different plans and schemes, the Union Water Resources Minister said there is a need to reform the water resources management in the country and those who are misusing the water should be punished.
Referring to the Dr. Mihir Shah report on restructuring of Central Water Commission and Central Ground Water Board the Minister said, “We have to bring reforms, but it should be acceptable to all."
Referring to flood management, the Union Water Resources Minister said, “There is a need to redefine flood management so that it can be taken to a positive direction."
She said, "We have to ensure that flood management does not change into corruption management."
Underlining the importance of state government and local administration in flood management, the Minister said it is their responsibility to identify flood prone areas in advance and to ensure that there is no human settlement there. If still there is human settlement the people residing there should be constantly warned of the flood, she added.
The day long seminar was attended by Dr. Amerjit Singh, OSD Ministry of Water Resources, S D Dubey, Charimen CEA, Dr Sukhadeo Throat, Professor Emeritus, Central for the tudy of Regional Development, JNU, Suresh Chandra, Former Chairman CWC, Dr. Urmila Chandel, Dr. Ambedkar Foundation, M E Haque, Former Member, CWC, Sanjeev Agrawal Chief Engineer, CWC and Prof. Avdhesh Pratap,Water Law Expert.
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