Soz gives away water awards

New Delhi, Nov 13 (UNI) Union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz gave away the water digest's Water Awards-2006 at a colourful function this evening.

Congratulating the winners Prof Soz said their contribution was important for the campaign to save water for the future generations.

He said innovative technologies and mechanism were important to save water and watershed management and rainwater harvesting should be encouraged to harness water resources.

He said providing drinking water to people both in urban and rural areas would get utmost priority followed by irrigation for food production.

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