Emphasising on the role to be played by new Jal Shakti ministry
Pitching for a collective and creative effort to overcome the crisis, Modi urged appealed to all Indians to create awareness on water shortage, share knowledge of traditional methods of water storage and share information about individuals and NGOs working on water conservation.
Water scarcity affects many parts of the country every year. You will be surprised that only 8% of the water received from rains in the entire year is harvested in our country. Now the time has come to find a solution to this problem. I believe, like the other problems on hand, we can also solve this predicament by the participation of the people,” he said.
Water is typically scarce in the summer months, but the situation has been particularly grim this year in western and southern states that received below average rainfall in the 2018 monsoon season.
This year, the monsoon has delivered 38% lower-than normal, or average, rainfall since the start of the season on June 1, according to data compiled by the state-run India Meteorological Department.
After a weak start, monsoon rains, that water half of the country's farmlands lacking irrigation, have covered nearly half of the country and conditions are favourable for further advances into the central and western parts this week, Reuters quoted a weather department official as saying.
India’s water demand is projected to be double its supply by 2030, the National Institute for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog said in a report last year.
Days after the BJP-led NDA formed a new government at the Centre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a comeback with his monthly programme 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday. The Prime Minister talks about social issues through this programme, which can be heard live on All India Radio, Doordarshan, and Narendra Modi mobile app. Sharing that he missed the 'Mann Ki Baat' programme ever since its broadcast was called off in February before the start of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, PM Modi said 'Mann Ki Baat' personified the new India spirit. He added that "when I had said in February that I will meet you again in a few months, people said I am over confident. However, I always had faith in the people of India."
11.54 AM: It is my request to you all- please devote some time to reading. I urge you all to talk about the books you read, on the 'Narendra Modi Mobile App.' Let us have discussions on the good books we read and why we liked the books: PM
11.53 AM: Sometime back, someone presented me a collection of short stories of the great Premchand. I once again got an opportunity to revisit those stories. The human element and compassion stands out in his words: PM
11.52 AM: "India just completed the largest ever election. The scale of the election was immense. It tells us about the faith people have in our democracy," says Modi.
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