PM Modi calls for 100-day campaign to conserve water
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for a 100-day campaign to clean up all water bodies and prepare them for rain water harvesting before monsoon starts.
In his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio programme, Modi also underlined that Atmanirbhar Bharat is not just a government policy but also a national spirit, and said the mantra of self-reliant India is reaching villages of the country. Stressing the importance of collective responsibility towards water conservation, he said the Jal Shakti Ministry will soon initiate a “Catch the rain” campaign with its main theme being “catch the rain, where it falls, when it falls”.
Conveying greetings on the National Science Day, Modi pointed out that this day is dedicated to the discovery of ‘Raman Effect' by the great scientist of India, Dr C V Raman.
Asserting that there is a lot of contribution of the power of science in the Atmanirbhar Bharat campaign, Modi said there is a need to make science more popular and that science
cannot be limited to physics-chemistry and labs. He called for expanding science with a mantra of 'lab to land'.
Modi said water has been crucial for the development of humankind for centuries and people should understand their collective responsibility towards its conservation.
He said that in most parts of India, rainfall begins in May-june and asked “can we right away start a 100-day campaign for the sake of cleaning up water sources around us and conserving rainwater”.