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The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) alongwith the Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies (c-Ganga) was organized from the 6^th edition of the India Water Impact Summit (IWIS) from 9^th December to 14^th December 2021.

Aim

• The summit was being organized in a hybrid mode - online and physically at the NMCG office, New Delhi and IIT, Kanpur.
• The IWIS 2021 provided knowledge enriching platform to all stakeholders and aim to discuss, debate and develop the model solutions for some of the important challenges before not only Ganga but all rivers and the water sector in India.

Theme

The IWIS 2021 was a five-day event and this year’s theme with ‘River Resources Allocation “Planning and Management at the Regional Level”’. 

focus

• This year the Summit was enlighted the participants on the complexities and peculiarities as well as the scales of managing the rivers across the basin.
• The systematic assessment, planning, and management of river resources for various human requirements was ensure healthy rivers and scope for optimal and sustainable development by providing municipal water supplies, hydro-energy, recreation and tourism, irrigation, commercial navigation, fisheries, waste management and flood management.