Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday flagged water security as a major concern and called for the revival of the country바카라s 바카라emotional connection바카라 with nature, what he said the world바카라s calls 바카라sustainable development바카라.
Modi was launching the Jal Jan Abhiyan, a joint nationwide campaign by Brahma Kumaris, an organisation which promotes spirituality, and the Union Jal Shakti Ministry. The Prime Minister addressed the event through video conference at the Brahma Kumaris바카라 Abu Road headquarter in Rajasthan's Sirohi district.
He said conserving water should be a collective concern, and raised concerns over water pollution and the depletion of groundwater. The awareness campaign will be held across the country for eight months, targeting 10 crore people.
바카라Due to such a large population, water security is an important concern for India. It is a shared responsibility of all of us,바카라 he said. 바카라There shall be a tomorrow only if there is water, and for this we have to make joint efforts from today,바카라 Modi said.
He said water conservation has been a part of India's spirituality for thousands of years. 바카라That바카라s why we term water as god, call rivers mother.바카라 바카라When a society makes such an emotional connect with nature, the world calls it sustainable development,바카라 the prime minister said.
He said when the country is looking for solutions to the challenges of the future, this consciousness from the past has to be revived. 바카라We have to recreate the same faith among countrymen towards the value of water conservation,바카라 he said.
Without naming anyone, the prime minister said in the past decades, there has been negativity towards issues like water conservation and environment protection. Some people had assumed that these tasks are so big that they cannot be tackled at all, he said.
바카라But in the last eight or nine years, the country has changed this mindset and the conditions have also changed,바카라 he said, naming Namami Gange river conservation scheme as an example. The scheme has emerged as a model for different states, he added.
Modi said falling groundwater level is a big challenge. 바카라For this, the country has started the Catch the Rain movement, which is now progressing rapidly. Water conservation is also being promoted in thousands of gram panchayats of the country through Atal Bhujal Yojana,바카라 he said.
Along with water conservation, other issues related to environment have to be treated with equal emphasis, the PM said. He mentioned the adoption of drip irrigation as a technique to conserve water.
Modi pitched for including millets in the diet, reminding that their cultivation requires less water. This is the International Year of Millets. Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, actor Nana Patekar and erstwhile Mewar royal family member Lakshyaraj Singh attended the event.
