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Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Union Minister for Rural Development
At the National workshop on Sustainable Sanitation the Honorable Minister of the Government of India Shri Raghuvansh Prasad Singh describes the issue in great detail and with typical candour and wit.
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Pushpendra Rajput,
Deputy Commissioner of Chamba.
An IAS officer of 1998, Pushpendra Rajput, Deputy Commissioner of Chamba is amongst the upright & hardworking bureaucrats. He has served extensively in remote areas of Himachal & has genuine understanding of water & development issues. He has done exemplary work for malnutrition & computerization of land records in villages of Chamba.
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Munshi Ram
MP, Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency, Uttar Pradesh
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Ravi Prakash Varma
MP, Kheri Lok Sabha constituency, Uttar Pradesh
Ravi Prakash Varma, MP from Kheri Lok Sabha constituency in UP, is one of the most vocal members in the current Lok Sabha on water issues. He has asked the most number of water related questions to the Government. He talks about problems being caused in his constituency due to changes in the nature of the rivers flowing into India from Nepal. "For instance, a river with carrying capacity of 3 lakh cusecs today holds more than 10 lakh cusecs of water and silt"
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A. R. Shaheen,
MP, Baramullah Lok Sabha constituency, Jammu & Kashmir
"We cannot violate Indus Treaty today. That would destabilize the subcontinent. But, we can find a way out. If the problem between both the countries is resolved, we can start moving towards South Asian Union. We can bring Nepal, Bhutan and even Kabul into our fold"
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Prof. Rasa Singh Rawat,
MP, Ajmer Lok Sabha constituency, Rajasthan
Ajmer is situated in the midst of the Rajasthan. Earlier, during my childhood, it received rainfall from the monsoon winds coming from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal. Due to deforestation, the amount of water in the soil and groundwater has got affected and as a result, Ajmer has become a draught zone like Mewar and Marwad. With little rainfall, ponds have dried up too.
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Manvendra Singh,
MP, Barmer Lok Sabha constituency, Rajasthan
Well, the long-term solution is water harvesting. We also need to change the priority from irrigation to drinking water. People expect the PHED to provide them water through pipelines. We are planning to move in that direction as well. About 1600 Crores have been sanctioned to get water from the main source in Nashna to other parts of my constituency through series of lifts and pipelines. It would then be dovetailed into the PHED network and supplied through pipelines.
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