District Development Commissioner (DDC) Shopian, Chaudhary Mohammad Yasin convened a meeting of District Water and Sanitation Mission to review formulation of water conservation plan here Friday.
The DDC said water conservation includes all policies,strategies and activities to sustainably manage natural resource of freshwater, to conserve hydrosphere and to meet current and future requirement ofwater considering population growth along with growth of horticulture,agriculture and industry.
The DDC emphasized theobjective of the water security plan was to provide safe drinking water topublic on a sustainable basis while implementing measures to conserve, protect,enhance and manage ground water resources, besides sensitization and capacitybuildings of all stakeholders.
TheDDC urged for conserving the rain water in upcoming monsoon season to enableits optimum utilization. He asked the line departments to prepare districtlevel action plan for water security and water conservation within a week`stime.
Besides,he stressed on training of PRIs with the aim to sensitize them on theimportance of water conservation and its judicious use for sustainable watermanagement.