A meeting of environmentalists held here on Tuesday to discuss the Draft National Water Policy (2012) called for a campaign against moves to turn water into a commodity.
The meeting was organised by the Salim Ali Foundation, Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishath, Centre of Science and Technology for Rural Development (COSTFORD) and the Chalakudy Puzha Samrakshana Samithy. The meeting called for a serious review of the draft policy. Former Water Resources Minister N. K. Premachandran said that water was described as a commodity at four places in the draft policy.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/do-not-make-water-commodity-environmentalists
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-thiruvananthapuram
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-policy
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wetlands
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wetland-conservation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/panchayats
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environmentalists
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
