Narendra Modi Government has asked States to follow the Gujarat water management model
Posted on: 01/Jul/2014 11:04:53 AM
The Narendra Modi Government has asked States to follow the Gujarat water management model to address the issue across the country. The Central Government has in fact, forwarded a CD received from Gujarat Government�s Water and Sanitation Management Organization on the subject, the �State-wide water supply grid� to the States to study how Gujarat successfully addressed water scarcity issue.
Gujarat Water Supply Department Principal Secretary Rajiv Kumar Gupta who says, �Almost 70 per cent of Gujarat�s fresh water resources are located only in 30 per cent of its geographical area restricted to the State�s southern parts. Frequent droughts accentuate this scarcity of water Gujarat. The State thus undertook a sustainable measure to combat this problem by developing a State-wide Water Supply Grid.�
