Water Will Write A New Story Of Development
Water will write a new story of development, the country which will become rich of water will become global power.
In the midst of climate change and the deepening water crisis around the world, the same country will write a new story of development, which will be rich in water.
That is, the more water the country saves today, the more powerful it will emerge in the future and will write a new story of development.
According to the United Nations World Water Development Report, by the year 2050, six billion people in the world will not have drinking water available.
Realizing the depth of this problem, India is working seriously towards water conservation. The formation of the Ministry of Water Power will prove to be a milestone in this direction.
While the government has planned to provide clean water to all the households in the country by the year 2024, there is also rapid work on the conservation and development of water bodies.
Along with the revival of Ganga, the work of cleaning other rivers is also being done through the Namami Gange project.
It is hoped that with the help of the government and private participation, water conservation projects will gain more momentum this year.
Namami Gange and River Conservation
The project was initiated by the Narendra Modi government in 2014 to revive the Ganges River.
Under this, various activities were started in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal, Delhi, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh.
310 projects worth Rs 28,0790.66 crore were approved for sewage infrastructure, riverbank development, river surface cleaning, ghat and crematoriums, institutional development, plantation, and rural drainage system.
Of these, about 116 projects have been completed. The government made a budget provision of Rs 800 crore for Namami Gange last year.
A provision of Rs 850 crore budget was made last year for the project started for the conservation of 33 rivers of 16 states.
In the new year, the work of conservation of Ganga and other rivers will accelerate.
Need for water conservation
According to the United Nations World Water Development Report, by 2050, the world population will be 9.4 -10.2 billion and then about six billion people will face drinking water problems.
In India too, the demand for water will increase rapidly.
Atal Ground Water Scheme
The scheme was launched to strengthen the institutional structure and to manage ground water resources in seven states Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
This will benefit 78 districts of these states.
Rs 6,000 crore will be spent on this project to be completed by the year 2024-25, of which 50 percent will be provided by the World Bank as a loan.
This scheme of groundwater conservation and management will take expansion in the new year.
Hydro power campaign
The campaign was launched by the central government in July 2019. Under this, a plan has been made to overcome the deepening drinking water crisis in 1592 development blocks of 256 districts of the country.
More than six and a half million people had joined the scheme last year.
More than 75 lakh traditional and non-traditional water bodies have been renovated and about one crore water conservation and rainwater harvesting structures have been prepared.
Last year, work in this direction was a bit sluggish due to the corona infection epidemic. The project is expected to gain momentum in the new year.
Pure water every house
The government had set a budget of Rs 3.6 lakh crore for five years under the scheme in the year 2019, half of which has to be given to the center and half to the states.
For the year 2020-21, the government has made a provision of Rs 11,500 crore under this head. At present, 6.01 crore rural households are getting water through the tap.
In the new year, there is a target of providing water from tap water to 32 million new homes.
The objective of the scheme is to provide clean water to the people along with proper management of available water resources.
Irrigation system
In the year 2010, 688 billion cubic meters of water was needed for irrigation of crops in the country.
It is estimated that in the year 2025, 910 billion cubic meters of water will be required for this work.
In view of this, the government is encouraging farmers to adopt drip and sprinkler system instead of the traditional method of irrigation.
There is a possibility of drip on more than 210 lakh hectares in the country and irrigation through sprinkler system in over 500 lakh hectares.
However, at present, only 2.13 percent of drip and 3.30 percent of sprinkler system is getting irrigation.
