Congratulating this new approach by the central government under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Minister Bavlia said, ‘This kind of unprecedented conference has been organized for the first time in the country by integrating the subject of water. Water resources, drinking water, irrigation system, production of water in urban areas, availability and its proper use etc. issues were till now treated as separate subjects. Instead, this conference will play a very important role in planning the central and state governments of Amritkal till the year 2047 by converging on one platform for the first time.’
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He said, ‘With the concept of circular economy, India is leading towards becoming the world’s largest economy by the end of 2047. Ensuring the availability of water resources in all its forms to every citizen, then, is the challenge of today as well as an opportunity.’ Presenting the vision of the year 2047 for Gujarat, he said, ‘The vision of Gujarat is planned on four main pillars. Availability of resources in the first pillar, proper planning of demand in the second pillar, proper utilization of supply as per requirement in the third pillar and water sustainability in the fourth pillar have to be ensured for long term. He gave details about the current approach of the Gujarat government and the new schemes that the state government wants to undertake in the coming years, in which way Gujarat will achieve these four pillars.
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Giving a presentation on Gujarat’s 20 years of achievement on how water supply was ensured for the development of scarce and under-resourced areas of the state, the minister said that Gujarat has implemented this four-tier system to address issues such as tanker raj, bringing water from long distances, large-scale migration of people and animals from Kutch to Saurashtra. by has made the past. In the first level, additional water of one area has been supplied to the areas of Saurashtra, Kutch, North Gujarat. For which the state government has implemented schemes like Narmada Command Development, Sujlam Suflam. Similarly, in the second phase, water from one area to another area has also been delivered in cluster form through lift irrigation scheme and bulk line.
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Pond, small dam based irrigation schemes have ensured availability of water irrespective of rainfall conditions. In the third phase, water made available from the bulk line is distributed to every village through group schemes, using Vasmona network to deliver the water made available in the village door to door. Production in the agricultural sector has increased two-and-a-half times in 20 years due to ensuring availability of water. Production in the animal husbandry sector has increased fivefold and Morbi, Kutch and other areas of Saurashtra, from where millions of people migrated to other areas, have grown into thriving centers, creating local employment and employing people from the state as well as outsiders.
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Presenting the details with the statistics of the transfers like dark zones and critical areas in 20 years, he said that the state government has significantly reduced the critical, semi-critical and dark zones in 20 years and the per capita availability of water for every citizen of the state in the year 2047. is The state government is determined to increase it from 850 cubic meters to 1700 cubic meters. In this conference, the ministers of other states presented their best practices in presentations. With this kind of approach and thinking on a collective platform, we can definitely achieve the Prime Minister’s vision for Amritkal and to put the nation first in the world by the year 2047 through joint efforts, he added.
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