Patil Urges Yamuna States to Reduce Water Use

Union Minister CR Patil had a meeting with other state ministers about the Yamuna river.

He asked them to use less water and let more flow into the river.

They talked about building projects to store water and make sure the river has enough water.

Patil also spoke at a big meeting about making India's water cleaner and more available.

He said India needs to save water because it doesn't have much compared to its big population.

The government has already built many water-saving projects and planted lots of trees.

Patil said building new dams is not a good idea because it's too expensive and takes too long.

Instead, he wants people to work together to save water and recharge groundwater.