With 50 per cent of Maharashtra being drought-prone, water conservation is the one manner ahead to deal with the disaster, particularly farmer suicides, BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis mentioned on Saturday. The previous deputy chief minister was addressing a nationwide conference organised by Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana (BJS), an NGO in Pune.
“The state’s panorama, geographically and weather conditions are such that nearly 50 per cent could be termed as drought-prone,” mentioned Fadnavis who had launched the flagship programme ‘Jalyukta Shivar’ to make Maharashtra drought free in his first tenure as chief minister throughout 2014-2019.
Fadnavis hailed the mass actions launched by numerous NGOs similar to BJS based by Shantilal Muttha, Paani Basis based by actor Aamir Khan, and Pune-based NAAM Basis led by Makarand Anaspure and actor Nana Patekar that works for the betterment of farmers in drought-hit areas of Marathwada and Vidarbha.
“I really acknowledge the position of those NGOs in creating water consciousness and making it a mass motion. My position had been supportive to those organisations who instilled confidence in villagers to fight drought. Water champions Aamir Khan and his staff inspired villagers to interact in wholesome competitors to make their very own villages self-reliant in water. Subsequently, water conservation is barely manner ahead to successfully make Maharashtra drought free and finish farmers suicides,” he mentioned.
Fadnavis mentioned that each one these initiatives and consciousness drives yielded good outcomes, referring to the 2020 survey of the Central Authorities that highlighted the rise in water desk in Maharashtra opposite to the declining development of water desk throughout the nation.
Beneath his flagship ‘Jalyukta Shivar’ scheme, 25,000 drought-hit villages particularly in Marathwada and Vidarbha had been shortlisted. The scheme to make Maharashtra drought free had obtained the help of a number of NGOs.
Acknowledging the position of Jain group that represents BJS in entrepreneurship and contribution in GDP, Fadnavis mentioned, “The route to 5 trillion greenback economic system goes by you. It isn’t sufficient to take from society. Equally necessary is to generously give to society”.
