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19/12/22 08:20 AM IST

7th edition of India Water Impact Summit Concludes

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  • The 7th edition of the India Water Impact Summit concluded recently after 3 days of fruitful deliberations on important aspects of water conservation and river rejuvenation, with special emphasis on revival of small rivers for the protection of large basins.
Key outcomes of the summit
  • Theme: Restoration and Conservation of Small Rivers in a Large Basin with emphasis on the 5Ps’- People, Policy, Plan, Programme and Project.
  • Organized by-  National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) (a registered society) along with Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies (c-Ganga) (established at IIT Kanpur with excellence in data collection on the Ganga River Basin)
  • Experts from water, environment and administrative sectors unanimously consented to an urgent need of forming a National River Framework in the country, which would determine the parameters for monitoring river health, process and responsibility.
  • Representatives of European Union, Norway, Germany and Slovenia participated in the discussion on the international track at the summit.
  • In the Constitution, water is a matter included in Entry 17 of List-II i.e. State List
Source- PIB

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