India's Assam to engage 250,000 volunteers in water preservation

NEW DELHI, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The government of India's northeastern state of Assam will engage 250,000 volunteers as water messengers to create awareness on water preservation and related issues, state-run broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) reported on Sunday.

According to Kailash Karthik, director of Jal Jeevan (water life) mission in Assam, students from 9th to 10th grade would be assigned as water messenger