Tackling El Nino impacts: Telangana govt eyes Israel model to conserve water

Hyderabad: The Telangana government, taking a leaf from Israel’s playbook, is preparing a state-wide action plan to boost groundwater recharge, regulate extraction of groundwater, and ensure sustainable management of available water resources.

For context, countries such as Israel, Jordan, and Spain as well as Singapore and Australia are known for conserving and utilising every available drop of rainfall, despite receiving comparatively less precipitation.

Telangana would adopt Israel’s approach towards water conservation soon. To come up with an action plan, a task force would be constituted to appraise the water availability in the state and hold weekly meetings to monitor the situation and coordinate corrective measures.

State Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday held a meeting with water conservation experts and officials. The meeting discussed scientific assessment of groundwater availability and strengthening of recharge measures, while guiding farmers towards water-efficient cropping patterns ahead of the crop cycle.

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