New Delhi, Jul 19 (UNI) Raising concern over depleting levels of water bodies in the country, BJP member Jagdambika Pal said on Friday that water management was top priority of the Narendra Modi government.
Speaking in the Lok Sabha during private member resolution on 'Construction of canals through Ken-Betwa river linking project to overcome the problem of water scarcity and stray cows in the Bundelkhand region', Mr Pal said the problem was not limited to Bundelkhand but was prevailing from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.
The government has made its stand clear that safe and adequate drinking water is a top priority for it, he said.