Two day symposium on ground water governance issues

New Delhi, Nov 10 (UNI) A two day symposium on 'Ground Water Governance : Ownership and its Pricing' will be held here on November 14, 15 jointly by Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) and National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) Roorkee.

The symposium is being organised under the aegis of Indian National Committee on Hydrology a Research and Development Committee of the Ministry of Water Resources.

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Dr Montek Singh Ahuwalia will inaugurate the Symposium while Union Water Resources Minister Prof Saifuddin Soz will preside over the function and Shri Jai Prakash Narain Yadav, the Minister of State for Water Resources will be the Guest of Honour.

The Symposium will discuss the contribution of ground water to the various economic spheres and try to evolve a viable and sustainable mechanism for exploitation and regulation of the ground water resources in the country.

A focused group water management policy, supported by suitable regulation and legislation, are likely to be recommended by the Symposium for implementation so that development and ground water regulation go hand in hand.

The meet is also an attempt to sort out issues of allocation of ground water to different sectors to arrive at a logical and implementable Pricing Policy. Eminent ground water Scientists, NGOs, Economists and Planners are attending the Symposium, which will have a multi-faceted approach to the issues of concerns.

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