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Water wastage in India due to flaws in govt policies: Expert
The government policies in India, such as free electricity and free water supply, have flaws and are resulting in wastage of the water, Dr. Jennifer Turner, Director of China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC felt. These need to be rectified by the implementation new technology, she said, who works on issues related to water pollution.
Hyderabad: The government policies in India, such as free electricity and free water supply, have flaws and are resulting in wastage of the water, Dr. Jennifer Turner, Director of China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC felt. These need to be rectified by the implementation new technology, she said, who works on issues related to water pollution.
On Wednesday, discussing the ‘Choke Point’ project, a multimedia and convening initiative uncovering how energy is impacting water in China, US and now India, she said India has to get its policies right for the success of its renewable energy sector.“They (China) have got a lot of the policies right but still there is pollution because of the electricity. You have the goal of 100 gigawatts of renewables.
I don't know if India has the policy in place to make that happen," she said. In addition, she also drew attention to water pollution and wastage of water. Turner said air pollution is a common challenge faced by both the countries and because China is developing so fast, they are ahead of India in terms of energy development and the problems that are created.
And now, they have done lots of discussions with researchers, international NGOs to address these problems so they are starting to turn their attention towards this problem. Why India and China can’t learn from each other because their challenges are so similar, she added.
