n The first international conference on Sustainable Water Management, organised by the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) under the aegis of National Hydrology Project of Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, was inaugurated on Monday by Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat.
Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation’s secretary UP Singh was the Guest of Honour on the occasion.
Devvrat highly appreciated the collective activities of Union Ministry, BBMB, National Hydrology Project, World Bank, various participating countries and organisations on Sustainable Water Management.
UP Singh cited water-related issues with realistic examples to all the delegates. BBMB chairman DK Sharma, in his inaugural speech, gave detailed presentation on water related issues and also about BBMB in plenary session.
Various participating countries have put their stalls depicting need of sustainable water management. Union Ministry of Water Resources also displayed a very informative stall.
BBMB displayed a wonderful exhibition wherein a big replica of Bhakra Dam, along with multifarious activities carried by BBMB in technical fields, its achievement, social activities, swacchta activities, were displayed in a very colourful stall.
The two-day conference would provide interactive platform for extensive brainstorming and sharing path breaking ideas and case studies in respect of flood and drought management, hydrology, e-flows, inter-basin water transfer, climate change, intelligent decision support system, etc, to address pressing issues regarding sustainable management of water resources.