<span style="color: #222222;">Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurated the 7th Edition of the India Water Impact Summit in New Delhi today. The theme of the Summit this year is 'Restoration and Conservation of Small Rivers in a Large Basin' with emphasis on the select aspects of 'Mapping and Convergence of 5Ps' – People, Policy, Plan, Programme and Project. In the three-day Summit experts from the country and abroad will discuss ways in which small rivers facing near-extinction in large river basins can be protected. The Summit aims at giving an insight into the potential causes for divergence and formulate strategy to achieve convergence.<br />''<br />''Speaking on this occasion, Mr Shekhawat said deliberations on issues of water and rivers is equivalent to discussing the future of human beings and the crisis facing them. He said that the way the Namami Gange Mission has worked for the conservation of rivers in the last 7 years is commendable. The Minister said, Namami Gange Mission has become a mass movement and people from all walks of life are contributing to this cause in their own way.<br />''<br />''Expressing his happiness on the work being done in Namami Gange Mission, he said that the infrastructure is being created towards the rejuvenation of River Ganga and its tributaries and the positive results are being recognized nationally as well as globally.</span><br />