September 29, 2019 8:39 AM

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Centre to soon come out with an revised National Water Policy

<span style="color: #222222;">The Centre will soon come up with an revised version of the National Water Policy to bring key changes in water governance structure and regulatory framework. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Addressing the valedictory session of the sixth India Water Week in New Delhi, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said that a National Bureau of Water Use Efficiency will be set up. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, hydrological boundaries, rather than an administrative or political boundary, should become part of water governance structure in the country. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Shekhawat said for this, consensus-building among states within the constitutional framework is a necessary pre-condition. He also asked the states to collect data on water resources and to share it with others.</span><br />''  

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