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Seminar on water resources
management to be organised
Post Report
KATHMANDU, March 18 : To mark the World Water
Day, the Society of Public Health Engineers, Nepal is set to hold a national seminar on
" Managing Water Resources for Poverty Alleviation" in Pokhara under the theme
‘water for future’ in the near future.
According to Birendra Man Shakya, general
secretary of SOPHEN, Minister for Physical Planning and Housing, Narayan Singh Pun is
expected to inaugurate the seminar while Dr. Shankar Sharma, vice chairman of National
Planning Commission and Dinesh Chandra Pyakurel, secretary of the PM’s Secretariat
will make a keynote address on the occasion of the World Water Day.
About 300 Nepali experts associated with the
field of irrigation, agriculture, water and sanitation and environment are expected to
take part in the seminar to discuss water issues.
"As poverty alleviation programme is high
on the agenda of the tenth five year Development Plan, discussions on the water issues
will be in that direction," said Shakya, who is also general secretary of the World
Water Day organising committee.
Experts are also expected to make the
presentations at the seminar which is a part of the two-day programme of SOPHEN.
On the preceding day, a public awareness
programme will be launched which includes different activities like a talk programme for
engineering students, mass rallies with participation of Ama Samuha, NGOs, INGos and also
Dohare song competition and art competition with messages.
Similarly, various programmes will be organised
in 23 districts in order to raise public awareness about water issues.The goal of World
Water Day 2003 is to inspire worldwide political and community action and encourage
greater global understanding of the need for more responsible water use and conservation.
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