莫迪總理：水安全是 21 世紀最大的挑戰

印度總理莫迪週三表示，水安全是21世紀最大的挑戰，並指出多個邦在水資源共享問題上有爭議。

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that water security is the biggest challenge in the 21st century, and also pointed out that several states have been engaged in disputes over the sharing of water.

印度總理莫迪週三表示，水安全是21世紀最大的挑戰，並指出多個邦在水資源共享問題上有爭議。

PM Modi said this while addressing a public gathering after laying the foundation stone of the country's first river interlinking project -- the Ken-Betwa project in Madhya Pradesh's Khajuraho.

莫迪總理在為該國第一個河流互連項目——中央邦克久拉霍的肯貝特瓦項目——奠基後在一次公眾集會上發表講話時說了這番話。

"One of the biggest challenges of the 21st century is water security. It is the fact that only that country will be able to progress which has sufficient water and proper water management," PM Modi said.

莫迪總理表示：“21世紀最大的挑戰之一是水安全。事實上，只有擁有充足水和適當水管理的國家才能取得進步。”

PM Modi stated that farms and fields will be prosperous only if there is water, and industries will flourish only if there is water. He said the last decade will be remembered in the history of India as an unprecedented decade of water security and water conservation.

莫迪總理表示，有水田地才會繁榮，有水工業才會繁榮。他說，過去十年將作為水安全和水資源保護史無前例的十年被銘記在印度歷史上。

He said, "I come from Gujarat where most of the areas used to face drought most of the year but the blessings of the river Narmada originating from Madhya Pradesh changed the fate of Gujarat." The PM criticised Congress for suppressing the truth about the man who dreamed of Jal Shakti first. "After the country gained Independence, the first thing that was done was Jal Shakti and who thought about it? ...If the credit for the vision of India's water resources and construction of dams goes to one great man, then the name of that great man is Babasaheb Ambedkar. But the Congress never gave credit to him for his efforts," he added. He further stated that in the past, the Congress government was an expert in making announcements but people never got the benefit of it.

他說：“我來自古吉拉特邦，過去大部分地區一年中大部分時間都面臨乾旱，但發源於中央邦的納爾馬達河的恩賜改變了古吉拉特邦的命運。”總理批評國會隱瞞了第一個夢見賈爾·沙克蒂的人的真相。 「國家獲得獨立後，做的第一件事就是賈爾·沙克蒂（Jal Shakti），誰想到過它？…如果印度水資源和水壩建設的遠見歸功於一位偉人，那麼他的名字就是他的名字。他進一步表示，過去國大黨政府是發佈公告的專家，但民眾卻從未從中受益。

"After becoming the Prime Minister, I noticed the old projects while analysing the progress of programmes and projects. I was surprised to see that foundation stone was done 35-40 years ago, but not even an inch of work was done there later," PM Modi said.

「成為總理後，我在分析計劃和項目的進展時注意到了舊項目。我很驚訝地發現35-40年前就已經奠基，但後來卻連一寸工作都沒有完成。」莫迪總理說。

He also released a commemorative stamp and coin marking the 100th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. (IANS)

他還發行了紀念前總理阿塔爾·比哈里·瓦杰帕伊誕辰 100 週年的紀念郵票和硬幣。 （國際安聯）

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