Question

Gujarat has made serious efforts in all the important areas of water sector such as source augmentation, source management and distribution management through reduction of dependence on the scarce ground water resources. This has been achieved through water grid and master planning and implementation of several schemes under sardar sarovar project,

Answer 1

The State Governments on their part fulfill such responsibilities through state level functional authorities or the local bodies. The Ministry of Urban Affairs of the Government of India, formed in 1985, was set up to Over last few decades, there has been a paradigm shift in water management as the perception that freshwater is a free and abundant resource has changed to that of water being an economic good in scarce supply, threatened by pollution and warranting efficient use. The challenge of sustainable water use is particularly daunting for fast-developing states like Gujarat grappling with increasing population and industrial activity, drought prone regions and the need to enhance standards of living and economic growth.