PM Modi's urgent El Nino warning: Conserve water, prepare for climate risks

PM Modi's urgent El Nino warning: Conserve water, prepare for climate risks

At the NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged states to conserve water and prepare for El Nino risks. The warning linked climate variability to threats to agriculture, livelihoods and the monsoon.

Prepare for climate risks, conserve water: PM Narendra Modi reacts to El Nino warning

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the states to prepare for the emerging El Nino conditions that are likely to hit this monsoon season. He advised states to strengthen water conservation efforts and also talked of a coordinated national effort to combat climate-related challenges that the country and the world at large was facing at the moment. He made the appeal in the 11th Governing Council Meeting of the NITI Aayog. Climate ch…