New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said efficient water management is crucial to keep pace with population growth and economic development.
"Available water must be managed judiciously to meet the twin burden of population growth and economic development. Conservation, balanced distribution and reclamation of used water are essential cogs in the wheel of water management," Mukherjee said while inaugurating the India Water Week 2013 with the theme 'Efficient Water Management: Challenges and Opportunities' organised here by the Ministry of Water Resources.
He added that India is home to 17 per cent of the world's population but has only four per cent of its renewable water resource.
He said severe drought in some parts of the country, particularly in Maharashtra, was a matter of grave concern....
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