Attended a workshop called by the US Embassy on Water Issues in India: Opportunities and Challenges. Various well known water experts like Ashok Jaitly, Himanshu Thakkar, Kapil Narula, Sanjay Pahuja, Renu Gera, Amit Kanodia, AK Bajaj, Anupam Mishra, Amit Bose,Deepak Saxena and many others spoke their minds. Well, one thing is pretty clear - the Water Crisis is here. So what are we doing about it?? Why does the Govt. not pass a law making it mandatory to have water harvesting systems in all housing societies, independent homes, office buildings, etc. Also age old water storage structures as old as 500 years and more in Rajasthan are even today providing pure drinking water to the desert state. Shouldn't we follow these examples rather than build water tanks that crumble in no time or fix tubewells that are always bone dry?
Water management is the key area to be focussed on and I hope we are not too late.
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