Best Lawyers in Chandigarh Boost to efforts on water conservation

Tribune News Service

Ropar, September 3

To give boost to efforts being made to protect environment, the state government will rope in 11 renowned research institutes to work in partnership. This was stated by Punjab science and technology principal secretary Rakesh Kumar Verma here today.

Verma, who was here to sign an MoU with IIT, Ropar, Director Sarit K Das in this regard, said with collaboration of these research institutes state specific programmes would be undertaken for improvement of environment in general and water quality in particular.

Soon the MoUs are likely to be signed with these institutes, including National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) and Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), he said.

“Collaboration with IIT, Ropar, will also help regulate and control groundwater usage in the industrial sector and make recharge, recycle and reuse mandatory to optimise the growing freshwater requirement,” he added.

Prof Das said the institute was already working on several research projects related to water resources, waterlogging, deteriorating water quality, floods, drought, siltation in rivers and changing rainfall patterns.

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