President Murmu to inaugurate 8th India Water Week today

About 4,000 delegates have registered for the water week, she said, adding that multiple sessions on various issues related to water security including flood management, drinking water and sanitary will be held.

Responding to a question, Mukherjee said, “China and Bangladesh are not participating. Bangladesh was participating but in the current circumstances, they are not.”

Union Minister of Jal Shakti, C R Paatil and Minister of State for Jal Shakti Raj Bhushan Choudhary will be present during the inauguration of the event.

In a statement, the Jal Shakti Ministry said, “The event would witness the participation of distinguished delegates including experts in the field of Water Resources from various countries, as well as Ministers and senior officers from Central and State Governments, besides learned faculty from various academic institutions, representatives from NGOs and civil society.”

Meanwhile, in a video message at the News18 SheShakti Summit – 2024, Murmu said the time had come to awaken a public consciousness where “respect for women is increased, and no woman feels unsafe at any time, in any place”.

She said strict laws had been made regarding women’s safety in the country. “Yet, it is unfortunate that feelings of insecurity still exist. The constant struggle of women is against the social narrowmindedness and conservatism that consider them weak,” Murmu said.

Although many changes have occurred, some social prejudices remain deeply rooted, creating barriers to women’s equality, the president was quoted as having said in a press release by the organisers. “As a society, we all need to look within ourselves and ask some hard questions. Where have we gone wrong? What can we do to improve?” she said.