High Court judge Justice Anand Byrareddy said that India is adopting Israel’s water conservation technologies to address the water scarcity.
Inaugurating a seminar on water conservation, organised by the District Legal Services Authority, the District Bar Association and the district administration here on Friday, Justice Byrareddy said that by adopting water conservation technologies India can deal with the drought situation in the future.
Through Israel’s technology, sea water can be desalinated and the sewage can be reused for agriculture.
Israel had set up a desalination plant at Chennai in 2013, Justice Byrareddy added.
The world may face water and food shortage by 2050 according to the reports of United Nation World Water Development 2016 and Global Harvest Initiative.
Justice Raghvendra S. Chavan expressed concern over the decreasing water level in most of the rivers and lakes in Karnataka.
He appealed the people of Hyderabad Karnataka region to make water conservation a people’s movement and educated about the rain harvesting methods in rural areas.
Environmentalist Hemant Kumar spoke on rain harvesting methods and measures to be taken to conserve water.
Mr. Hemant Kumar said that a detailed demographic survey of the region including the number of existing rivers, lakes, water storage capacity in each Irrigation Projects is required before taking up water conservation techniques.
Published - June 11, 2016 12:00 am IST
