Transport minister Nitin Gadkari at the HT-MintAsia Leadership Summit in Singapore on Friday. Photo: MintAsiaSingapore: India is seeking long-term, low-cost funds for the ambitious river linking project aimed at fixing water woes confronting large swatches of the country, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said in a discussion at the Hindustan Times-Mint Asia Leadership Summit on Friday. The government’s target of doubling the income of farmers by 2022, Gadkari stressed, cannot be achieved without effective water management. Apart from enhancing river connectivity, the project is aimed at improving drip and pipe irrigation to reduce water wastage. This is going to triple the use of water and it can be a very important project for India,” the minister said.

Source: Mint April 13, 2018 21:22 UTC