Around 180 participants working in the fields of water research, conservation and popularisation from all over India participated in the three-day-long national conference on Monitoring and Management of Drinking Water Quality (NCMMDWQ) that concluded on Wednesday.
Various presentations in oral and poster sessions were held during the conference. This programme was jointly organised by Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology (UCOST) and National Environment Science Academy (NESA).
Uttarakhand cabinet minister Dinesh Agarwal as a chief gust on the concluding day of the programme said that Uttarakhand is the first state in the country which has claimed for green bonus. He stressed on the need of rain water harvesting for sustainable availability of water in the hilly region of the State. He emphasised on the responsibility of every citizen to conserve surface and ground water for future generations.
He also focused on the importance of quality water in and around Char Dhams.He also stressed on to develop advance, economic and sustainable technology for Himalayan states.
KP Singh, director, Uttarakhand Council for Biotechnology, stressed on to develop region specific laboratories for water quality monitoring and to integrate the available resources in laboratories of various Institutions in the State.