Minster for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control Sham Lal Choudhary today said it is the responsibility of each individual to save every drop of water not only for himself but also for his Society, City, State and the World.The Minster said this while addressing the gathering during a seminar on theme, ‘Wastewater’ organized by Institution of Engineers (IEI), Jammu to mark the celebrations of World Water Day at Institutional Complex in Jammu.Deliberating on the theme of this year’s World Water Day, the Minister said there is a growing need to recycle wastewater and reuse it for washing, cleaning, gardening and other purposes. The government is taking various path-breaking steps for affluent treatment of wastewater so that this liquid gold can be saved for the coming generations, he added.The Minister called upon the engineers to ensure that people get clean and safe drinking water, besides providing sufficient water for irrigation to every agricultural field in the State.
He further asked them to devise means for reusing wastewater released from households, industrial units and agricultural fields.The engineers of the department including SC Thukral, PK Nanda, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Sewa Ram, Ranjeev Sawhney, Ashok Kumar Sharma, Akash Dusgotra and Rajesh Kumar Angural presented technical papers on the theme, ‘wastewater’ and deliberated on the benefits of reusing wastewater.Chief Engineer, PHE Sushil Aima, Chief Engineer, I&FC Rajeev Gandotra, Chairman IEI, Jammu Ajay Gupta, Honorary Secretary, IEI, Jammu BL Rawal, Superintending Engineer, PHE Gagan Jyoti and Executive Engineer, I&FC Sunil Bhasin also highlighted the reuse of wastewater in the seminar.Later, the artists of Nat Manch presented a skit giving a message of saving water to the audience. The seminar was attended by a large number of engineers, hydrologists, representatives of NGOs and senior offices of the department.