6th Indian Water Impact Summit

From December 9th to 14th in 2021, the landmark 6th India water Impact summit(IWIS) was held. The 6th version of the India Water Impact summit was based on river source allocation, planning, and control at the local stage. The valedictory( farewell session) session was conducted in both modes online as well as offline mode known as the hybrid model by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) New Delhi, and the Center for the  Ganga River Basin Management and Studies (cGanga), IIT Kanpur. The session was graced by the Minister of State, Mr Biswehwar Tudu, and the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Mr Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Director General, NMCG, Prof Vinod Tare and Mrs Yamini Aiyar, president and the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) chief executive among others people.

What is 6th Indian Water Impact Summit

The landmark 6th India water impact summit, IWIS, was based on the theme of River Resources Allocation Planning and Management at the regional level. The sessions followed a regional level method and ultimately changed into an average basin in the Ganga basin’s higher, centre, lower, and deltaic areas. In this session, the officials and representatives of various organisations discussed better management, planning, and protection of rivers and their resources.

•  This five-day occasion was themed at ‘River sources Allocation “making plans and management at the regional level’

•  Gajendra Singh Shekhawat union minister and Ministry of Jal Shakti (MOJS) Rajiv Ranjan Mishra inaugurated the program  Director-general NMCG and the Founding Head Dr Vinod Tare, c-Ganga

•  It noticed the participation of specialists from the scientific community throughout the globe

Indian water summit at the international level:

The numerous sessions prepared included the need for identification and engaging in systematic assessment and valuation of river assets, capability effect on water-efficient answers in keeping the overall water balance of the country, implementation demanding situations of the river sources allocation plans they want to teach a scientific understanding of rivers for developing sustainable policies and encourage the creation of round water economy through water recycling and setting up a water trading market, amongst others. Each day also has a dedicated session for global collaborations, which can be underway. These include nations consisting of Norway, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, the European Union, and its member states.

The signing of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs):

A memorandum document of understanding describes the broad outlines of an agreement on which the two or more parties have reached a “memorandum of understanding”( MOU).

• An MoU between NMCG and the Centre for Policy studies (CPR), New Delhi, was signed. Both organisations will work collectively in studies as well as in some knowledge production activities for the restoration of the rivers in India

• An MoU between Ganga and  British Water was also signed to promote the development of 21st-century restructure in water and the surrounding sector

• Two Memorandums of Understanding have been signed with a new idea Centre Denmark and UPS Hungary to promote and increase our Hungarian industry participation and knowledge sharing in the Ganga River Basin Restoration and Conservation Program

• C-Ganga and the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a sludge management framework

What did officials discuss about during the summit:

• During the session, the Minister of State for Jal Shakti Shri Bisweshwar tudu thanked NMCG and c-Ganga for their outstanding efforts in hosting the 6th IWIS and praised the high level of participation in fruitful deliberation and discussion by important experts from India and the diaspora. He underlined the need to put the sessions’ findings into action and focus on more practical ways
• Mr Rajiv Ranjan Mishra started his speech by highlighting the scientific knowledge and approach behind the development of the Namami Gange Program
• The Founding Head professor Vinod Tare Centre for Ganga River Basin Management and studies (c-Ganga) along with Professor of IIT Kanpur, had talked about the general IWIS deliberations and discussions on the regional scale of river Ganga. He stated, “we far must keep the ecology of the rivers and how we will deliver diligently to the ones obligations is something being discussed within the science and generation, and coverage & Governance sessions”. He stated, “Over 5 days of occasions, extra than 35 panellists from distinct nations, areas, and sectors contributed to the success of the sixth IWIS”

Conclusion:

A five-day event from 9th December to 14th of December is the landmark 6th India water impact summit in short IWIS-2021 and the theme of this year is ‘ River Resources allocation’. It mainly focuses on the uppermost segment of the river Ganga in Uttarakhand. The valedictory(last session) session of the landmark 6th India water impact summit(IWIS) was conducted in both offline and online mode known as the hybrid model by National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) New Delhi, and the Center for Ganga River Basin Management and Studies (Clean Ganga), IIT Kanpur. An MoU between Ganga and  British Water was also signed to promote the development of 21st-century restructure in water and the surrounding sector.