We will successfully overcome Maharashtra’s water crisis through river-linking projects and village-level water conservation efforts

 We will successfully overcome Maharashtra’s water crisis through river-linking projects and village-level water conservation efforts”

– Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

 

Three-day Vidarbha Water Conference begins

Transformation of 20,000 villages under the Baliraja Scheme

Tapi Recharge and Wainganga-Nalganga River Linking Projects to provide sustainable water for agriculture

 

Nagpur, June 7 – To resolve Maharashtra’s water crisis, it is essential to complement large dam projects with river-linking initiatives, water conservation, groundwater recharge, water reuse, and other small and medium-scale schemes. In this direction, we are determined to divert 54 TMC of water, which would otherwise flow into the sea through westward rivers, to the Godavari basin. Similarly, through the Nalganga-Wainganga river-linking project, we are bringing water to drought-affected regions of Vidarbha. In the Tapi basin, 35 TMC of water—currently flowing into the sea via Gujarat—will be retained in the region. These initiatives will help future Maharashtra successfully tackle drought and be known as a state that conquered water scarcity, said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

 

He was speaking at the inauguration of the three-day Vidarbha Water Conference held at Vanamati Auditorium, jointly organized by the National Service Scheme (NSS) unit of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University and Jan Kalyankari Samiti, Nagpur. Present at the event were MLA Dr. Parinay Fuke, Acting Vice-Chancellor of RTMNU Dr. Madhavi Khode Chavre, Gondwana University Vice-Chancellor Dr. Prashant Bokare, Maharashtra Animal & Fishery Sciences University Vice-Chancellor Dr. Nitin Patil, Laxminarayan Innovative Technology University Vice-Chancellor Dr. Atul Vaidya, Vanamati Director Dr. Vasumana Pant, Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation Director Rajesh Sontakke, Groundwater Survey and Development Agency Deputy Director Dr. Chandrakant Bhoyar, National Bureau of Soil Survey Director Dr. Nitin Patil, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Dr. Subhash Kondawar, Agriculture Joint Director Dr. Umesh Ghatge, Registrar Dr. Raju Hivase and other dignitaries.