New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The government will take up inter-linking of rivers on a priority basis, Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said Tuesday.
Speaking during a function organised to mark the 'India Water Week' in the capital, Naidu said: "Whatever obstacles come, that have to be addressed and they have to be removed."
"Some of our environmental friends are raising voices. There will be voices in democracy, let there be. We have to take up rivers inter-linking on a priority basis," he added.
The minister said that an atmosphere needs to be created in the country so that river inter-linking becomes a people's movement.
Naidu said that his ministry is planning to make water harvesting mandatory for all local bodies.
"I am proposing in the coming days that all urban bodies should make it mandatory to have water harvesting system within their houses and farms. That is going to be the priority also," he said.
Minister of State for Environment Prakash Javadekar on this occasion said that the water management for a sustainable development should also be considered.
The district administration has prepared the blueprint of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's route in
Three Gurgaon realtors booked for fraud
Gurgaon, March 4 (IANS) Eleven First Information Reports
Main Atal Hoon Box Office Collection Day 1: The biopic film 'Main Atal Hoon' of the country's mos
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched the country's first driverless metro train throug
Former US President Donald Trump has announced they're to contest the 2024 presidential election.
BCCI's big announcement from IPL: Doubled the pension of retired players, 900 players will benefit
BCCI has announced to increase the monthly pension of retired cricketers by 100%. This will benef
'Salman Khan has grown old', 'He needs to focus on his fitness a little'... Those giving such adv
Modi 3.0 Oath Ceremony: The results of the Lok Sabha elections were declared on Tuesday (4 June).
Within 24 hours, more than 2.33 lakh patients were found, 1.22 lakh people were cured and 1338 died.
Things have worsened in the country. Coronavirus has engulfed the entire country. In every state,
Actress Shahnaz Gill is an internet sensation. Shehnaaz, who became popular after Salman Khan's r
