Experts express concern over depleting water resources
LUCKNOW: Experts here expressed concern over fast-depleting water resources at a recently organised two-day workshop, 'PaniaurSamaj'. The workshop, which was presided over by state minister Rajendra Chaudhary, discussed various measures to conserve water. Former director of Geological Survey of India (North) VK Joshi, in his keynote address, emphasized the need for better water management and also highlighted the areas where we have gone wrong. "We have concretized the Khadar of rivers affecting ground water recharge. We have made bunds to save the habitations along the rivers (generally Khadar) from floods," Joshi said. "No doubt the habitations are saved but these bunds dam the flow of rain water towards the river during the monsoon. This leads to water logging in the habitats and blame, counter-blames are hurled at each other by the inhabitants of such areas, local bodies and the government," he said. Joshi said the Ganga plains of Uttar Pradesh can