Estd.: 1981
It is known that under extra-ordinary circumstances, equally extraordinary, aggressive measures are needed to get desired results. Water resource augmentation in our country has become such an extraordinary situation in recent years. The Union Government has indeed taken the first step towards this in May 2019 by creating a ministry named ‘Jal Shakti Mantralay’, with objective to augment the resources of potable and irrigation water for daily human needs as well as balancing the ecosystem, without compromising the quantity of water. A few measures for augmentation and sustainable management of water resource in India are discussed here.