Prez to inaugurate World Lake Conference in Jaipur

New Delhi, Oct 27: President Pratibha Patil will inaugurate the 12th World Lake Conference in Jaipur on October 29. President Patil will arrive in Jaipur on the evening of October 28 and return to New Delhi the next day after inaugurating the conference. The conference will be attended by experts from around the world and will discuss ways in which lakes can be conserved.

This is the first time that this conference is being held in the South Asian region.

This will be the President's first visit to Rajasthan since she was sworn-in in July. President Patil was the Governor of Rajasthan before she was elected as the President of India.

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