Overview

• At a “Jal aur Prakriti (Water and Environment)” seminar marking the 30th day of Sampurna NGO’s 40-day awareness drive, Speaker Vijender Gupta called for urgent multi-layered institutional action to protect Delhi’s water resources.
• He urged an Assembly review of the Wetland Authority under the Department of Environment to strengthen regulatory oversight of urban water bodies.
• Drawing on North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Gupta proposed launching formal academic programs in water management across Indian universities.
• The speaker advocated scaling up rainwater harvesting and using monsoon waterlogging as a means to recharge groundwater aquifers.
• Gupta presented Mission Amrit Sarovar and the Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain 2025 as national restoration templates, and Sampurna founder Shobha Vijender warned that unchecked consumption could burden future generations.