No life without water: S Rajen
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR
Imphal, March 22 2021:
Education Minister S Rajen Singh said that there will be no life without water.
The world will be facing a water crisis if we do not follow the law of nature, he added.
The Minister was speaking as Chief Guest on the occasion of World Water Day cum Agromet Awareness Programme organised by Indian Council for Agricultural Research, ICAR, Manipur at its centre at Lamphelpat, today.
Minister Rajen Singh said that we should know the value of water.
Water is life and we should use water judiciously.
Wasting of water will give an alarming impact to human beings in future, the minister maintained.
He said that the concept of preservation of water should be fully adopted by all.
Cultivation of food crops is possible only when there is water.
It is unfortunate that we have breached the law of nature.
There has been man made ecological imbalance.
We have to find out the reasons for the occurrence of frequent uncertain floods and droughts during the last few decades, he added.
He also said that there was a time when people produced sufficient food crops.
The state was also self-reliant in terms of agricultural and other products.
Our forefathers even had the practice of preserving crops and even fish products.
The scenario has come to an unwanted change.
He also suggested that planting trees and stopping deforestation will help to check the increasing global warming.
In order to provide water for agricultural activities up to some extent, the Minor Irrigation Department has introduced the scheme of tube well in the fields.
Command Area Development Authority, CADA is also constructing distributary channels, he added.
Dr S Basanta Singh, director, Instruction and Research, Central Agricultural University and Dr I Meghachandra Singh, joint director, ICAR graced the occasion as presidium members.
Officials and staff of ICAR, Imphal, KVK, I/W, and others also attended the occasion.
A technical session was also held as a part of the observance.