Centre to soon come out with an updated National Water Policy: Shekhawat

The Centre will soon come out with an updated version of National Water Policy to effect key changes in water governance structure, regulatory framework, besides setting up of a National Bureau of water use efficiency, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Saturday."Hydrological boundaries rather than administrative or political boundaries should become part of the water governance structure in the country," said Shekhawat while speaking at the valedictory session of the 6th India Water Week-2019."For this consensus-building among the states within the Constitutional framework is a necessary pre-condition," he added.He said that water conservation along with water-harvesting and judicious and multiple uses of water is key to tackle the water challenges in India.Calling for rejuvenation and revitalisation of the traditional water bodies and resources through the age-old conservation methods, he underlined the need for dissemination of modern water technologies in an extensive