BHOPAL : After promising Right to Water, state government has formed a Water Cell dedicated to work on intricacies related to Act. Government has also invited suggestions from common people and experts to finalise the draft of the Act.
Responsibility of the water cell has been entrusted to secretary level officer. Citizens can email their suggestions regarding water conservation to watercellmp@gmail.com.
CM Kamal Nath in an emotional message has appealed to share experiences and ideas to save water and on development of new water resources. Yuva Shakti Committees will be formed to engage youth for water conservation. Water Cell will work to decide strategy on water conservation works and its reasonable use.
Nath said that youths of the state will work as Jal Doot- conserving water and water resources. He urged the youth to do all necessary work together to stop rain water in village itself in this monsoon.
Instead of big schemes, focus on small but important works related to ponds, check dams, percolation ponds on farms-ponds, construction of boundaries and well recharge together in rural areas at local level.
The Chief Minister has urged affluent farmers to themselves take up works of ponds and ground water recharge on their farms at their own cost.
Nath said that arrangement of sufficient fund has been made in various government schemes for water conservation by the state government. CM has urged all the MPs and MLAs that they should use their fund on water conservation works at large scale.
