Goa’s Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik shared a solution to solve the crisis of water in Gulf countries and fuel in India.
He said “Water should be privatized and excess rain water should be blocked by building a network of dams in the state and exported to Gulf countries in exchange for fuel.” In addition to that Ravi Naik said, water can also be sent to Maharashtra’s drought -prone regions by using the water harvesting methods.
According to Telangana Today, speaking at a government function on Wednesday, he added, “We import petrol from foreign countries. We can export them water and import petrol. Furthermore, he gave a simple solution of building dams across Goa.
However, Goa witnesses around 126 inches of rain. Hence, he suggested that ‘If we block this water by building dams across Goa (it can be done).”
Elaborating on the solutions, he said, ‘the work should be given to a private company. There should be a dam in every taluka. We can send the water to Arab countries or even to Maharashtra where there is shortage.’
In addition to this, he said, ‘If Arabs can charge us for petrol extracted from under the earth, let us do the same with water which we can source by blocking rainwater,” Naik said, adding that private entities should be tasked with harvesting all the rainwater and keeping some aside for use in the state.
It does not require a lot of engineering. Just build a dam across two mountains.”
Ironically, Naik is sharing a solution when various parts of Goa are facing acute water shortage in summer months.
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