Bhopal To Host A First-Ever National Conference Of Water Ministers Of States On Jan 5

First, a conference of ministers of water resources and related departments of various states will be held to chart out Water Vision 2047 in the Madhya Pradesh capital on January 5 and 6, Union minister Prahlad Patel said on Monday.
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Ministers of all states will shed light on the challenges they face in connection with water and prepare a blueprint for the next 25 years. Besides, a road map to check the water woes of the country would be worked out, he added.
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“For the first time in India, ministers of water resources, public health engineering, and irrigation of all states would meet for the all-India conference to be held in Bhopal on January 5 and 6 to chart out the Water Vision 2047,” the Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti told reporters here.
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He said Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat would attend the conference.
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Patel said the main objective behind organising the conference was to receive inputs from states on the water vision 2047.
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“As the water was a State subject, the conference will strive to build better coordination between the Centre and states,” he added.