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Professor Ramesh Chand, Member, NITI Aayog delivered Key Observe Tackle at WTC, ICAR-IARI New Delhi on World Water Day

twenty second March, 2023, New Delhi

On the event of World Water Day on, Water Know-how Centre, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Analysis Institute, New Delhi organized a brainstorming programme on “Accelerating the change to unravel the water and sanitation disaster” within the Chairmanship of Dr. Alok Ok. Sikka, Nation Consultant-India of Worldwide Water Administration Institute at the moment.

The Chief Visitor, Professor Ramesh Chand, Member, NITI Aayog, Authorities of India highlighted the significance of environment friendly water conservation and administration, to unravel the issues significantly, the drying of ponds, wells, and different water our bodies. He emphasised that the subsidy/incentives must be offered to environment friendly utilizers of water and to create consciousness amongst others. Prof. Chand urged to develop essentially the most trendy and superior water administration applied sciences, to unravel the daunting issues confronted by the agriculture sector. He additional burdened on the function of scientific and prudent water administration to boost water productiveness and to cut back the carbon footprint and the necessity to reassess the water useful resource state of affairs of our nation. He additionally exhorted to judge the groundwater situations after the implementation of Atal Bhu-Jal Yojana to have a practical and scientific evaluation of the groundwater sources for his or her environment friendly planning.

Professor Ramesh Chand, Member, NITI Aayog delivered Key Observe Tackle at WTC, ICAR-IARI New Delhi on World Water Day  Professor Ramesh Chand, Member, NITI Aayog delivered Key Note Address at WTC, ICAR-IARI New Delhi on World Water Day

The Visitor of Honour, Shri Franklin L. Khobung, Joint Secretary (NRM/RFS), MoA & FW, Govt. of India emphasised on the significance of Authorities schemes corresponding to Jal Shakti Abhiyan in water conservation.

Later, a short interplay on water administration points was held adopted by Chairman remarks by Dr. A. Ok. Sikka. He talked about that water connects totally different sectors together with agriculture and we have to handle water sources as an entire and highlighted the joint efforts of Worldwide Water Administration Institute and ICAR in profitable administration of drought and flood

Earlier, Dr. C. Viswanathan, Jt. Director (Analysis) ICAR IARI New Delhi, spoke on optimum water use in agriculture by the farming neighborhood by way of trendy strategies of irrigation corresponding to drip and sprinkler at massive scale.

Dr. P.S. Brahmanand, the Challenge Director, WTC, IARI briefed concerning the present standing of water sources and their utilization in agriculture – key points. He gave an summary of the water sources state of affairs of India and highlighted the even handed use of floor and groundwater sources and phase-wise crop diversification holding low water necessities in thoughts.

The dignitaries and contributors visited “Pusa Amrit Sarovar” at ICAR-IARI.

About 130 contributors together with Heads of varied divisions, Scientists, Professors and college students of ICAR-IARI attended this occasion.

(Supply: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Analysis Institute, New Delhi)

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