IIT Roorkee inaugurates workshop on 'Drinking-Water and Sanitation: Current Situation and Future Challenges'
India Today
The Department of Water Resources Development and Management, IIT Roorkee, organised a one-day workshop on "Drinking Water and Sanitation: Current Situation and Future Challenges".
A one-day workshop on “Drinking Water and Sanitation: Current Situation and Future Challenges” was organised by the Department of Water Resources Development and Management, IIT Roorkee. Vini Mahajan, IAS, Secretary, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt of India, New Delhi was the Chief Guest of the inaugural program.
Vini Mahajan, IAS, Secretary, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt of India, New Delhi, said, that under Swachch Bharat Mission Phase-2 in 2019, our Prime Minister announced: “Jal Jeevan Mission” under which every household in the country should have tap water.
"More than 50 percent of the rural households have received rural water connection so far and it is expected to achieve the task of ‘Har Ghar Jal (Water to every household)’ by 2024", she added.
She said that it is a matter of great pleasure that IIT Roorkee has introduced a new M Tech program on Drinking Water and Sanitation being Introduced by IIT Roorkee is remarkable progress in the WASH sector.
Professor Ajit K. Chaturvedi, Director, IIT Roorkee, in his address, said that,
Professor V P. Singh, Distinguished Professor, WRD and M Department, and Regents Professor, Texas A and M University also addressed the inaugural function.
He discussed in detail the multidisciplinary aspects of Safe drinking Water, Sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) which are covering the sustainable development goal of the United Nation program.
