CM Jagan urges ACID work on solution to transfer water from one basin to another in drought-prone conditions basins
Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has urged the International Commission on Irrigation (ICID) to work on a solution to transfer water from one basin to another in drought-prone conditioned basins, especially in Andhra Pradesh.
He was addressing the inaugural session of the 25th International Congress on Irrigation & Drainage, ICID’s 74th International Executive Council meeting in Visakhapatnam yesterday. The theme of the Meet is ‘Tackling Water Scarcity in Agriculture’.
The CM said the solution should be economically viable, socially acceptable, technically feasible and environmentally friendly. Andhra Pradesh is one of the States which is dependent on rain-fed irrigation system and faces a problem in water supply to agricultural crops during lean monsoons, he said.
Delivering the N.D. Gulhati Memorial Lecture on ‘Ensuring Water and Food Security through Climate Resilient Infrastructure’, Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekawat said that the Union government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making every effort to effectively solve the water problems in various States, and interlinking of rivers is one of the initiatives.
He flagged various issues, challenges, way forward and the government’s commitment to water resource management. He also emphasised the crucial role of international collaboration for redressal of the inextricable linkage of climate change and food security.
CM Jagan Mohan Reddy, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekawat and others on the dais performed ‘Jal Bharo’ by mixing the water collected from different rivers in one pot. Around 1,300 experts, researchers, and professionals, including 350 from 40 countries, participated in the event.
