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“All of us are aware that water is a foundation of life and livelihoods, and is key to sustainable development. With the current state of affairs, correcting measures needs to be taken to avoid the crisis to be worsening. There is an increasing awareness that our freshwater resources are limited and need to be protected both in terms of quantity and quality. This water challenge affects not only the water community, but also decision-makers and every human being so the emphas is should be given to grass roots level innovations, to take education and knowledge from classrooms to ground zero because things can only be changed if we take ownership and as a community should come forward to seek out solutions. He also insisted that when we talk of SDGs instead of keeping End poverty in all forms as SDG 1 water should be placed as No1 goal as water is the focal point of life, health, economics, livelihood etc.” He spoke about the success story of ‘Meghalaya Model,’ evolved by India W

Bansagar canal project: Better late than never By Dr. Arvind Kumar Source: www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Bansagar Canal Project in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh on 15 th July 2018. It is a much delayed project with the foundation stone being laid way back in 1978. A joint venture between Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, this project has a total canal network of 171 Kms and will bring water from the Bansagar Dam in Sahadol district of Madhya Pradesh to the Adwa Barrage, Meza Dam and Jirgo reservoir. The project is estimated to irrigate 1,50,132 hectares of land and benefit 1 lakh 70 thousand farmers in Mirzapur and Allahabad districts. The project will also supply 5.65million cubic meters of water for domestic purposes. It remains to be seen how, a project that was delayed for 4 decades and cost a whooping Rs3500crores to complete, benefits the people of the region.   According to the Planning Commission, Mirzapur is one of the mo