VP Briefed on River Interlinking and Water Conservation Initiatives
Union Minister of Jal Shakti C. R. Patil, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Dr. Raj Bhushan Choudhary, and senior officials of the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR, RD & GR), Ministry of Jal Shakti, called on the Vice-President of India, C. P. Radhakrishnan, at Uprashtrapati Bhavan today.
The Vice-President appreciated the Department’s flagship initiative “Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari (JSJB)”, launched to strengthen water conservation and groundwater recharge through a whole-of-society approach involving governments, communities, industries and civil society organisations. He was informed that under JSJB 2.0, more than 1.55 crore water conservation and groundwater recharge structures have been reported, significantly surpassing the target..(UPDATED ON 9TH JUNE 2026)
