Rashtriya Jal Biradari

As you are already aware of Rashtriya Jal Biradari and its concern for water issues especially in case of the recently declared National Water Policy for which we are fighting for last two years and have already organised two national level Jal Sammelan first in Nimi, Jaipur in the month of April 2001 and secondly at New Delhi on 5th &6th March 2002 .We also prepared a alternate draft policy on this national water policy issue, sended it to prime minister and other concerned ministries but nothing much happened
after that .Even now after the declaration of the policy not much reaction is there from any corner of the country . So Jal Biradari has taken up this responsibility to fight for this issue and to create mass movement regarding water conservation work all over the country. Rashtriya Jal Biradari is a platform of various individuals, Voluntary organisations, Non Government Organisations, basically all those who are concerned and have deep interest with the Issue as important as Water-which forms the basis and support
system of life.

After the finalisation of National Water Policy on 1st of April 2002 a deep concern has been there Among Jal Biradari on various issue mentioned in the policy and the general opinion in the country is that it does not fulfil the Indian people's expectations especially the poorest of the poor. This policy emphasises on private control by declaring water as an asset questioning the fundamental rights of the people. The item no.13 in the policy, which illustrates on the private sector participation in the planning, development
and management of water resources, is not acceptable to the citizens of this country.

As in the coming two years each state has to finalise its state water policy and because of Jal Biradari's commitment to have a peoples oriented water policy and considering the fact that different Agro Ecological climatic zones have its own typical characteristic, stress should be given to different geographical conditions existing in various states and also within the state (At Regional level).
To attain this objective we have started a mass campaign all over the country and are organising several Jan Sunwai (public hearings). Till date Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttaranchal and Madhya Pradesh have already organised Jan Sunwai in their respective states. They have also planned to have Jal Adhikar Yatra, which has been started on 10th May 2002, from Jodhpur (Rajasthan)