莫迪总理：水安全是 21 世纪最大的挑战

印度总理莫迪周三表示，水安全是21世纪最大的挑战，并指出多个邦在水资源共享问题上存在争议。

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.

印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪周三表示，水安全是21世纪最大的挑战，并指出多个邦在水资源共享问题上存在争议。

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.

莫迪总理在为该国第一个河流互连项目——中央邦克久拉霍的肯贝特瓦项目——奠基后在一次公众集会上发表讲话时说了这番话。

"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.

莫迪总理表示：“21世纪最大的挑战之一是水安全。事实上，只有拥有充足水和适当水管理的国家才能取得进步。”

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.

莫迪总理表示，有水田地才会繁荣，有水工业才会繁荣。他说，过去十年将作为水安全和水资源保护史无前例的十年被铭记在印度历史上。

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.

他说：“我来自古吉拉特邦，过去大部分地区一年中大部分时间都面临干旱，但发源于中央邦的纳尔马达河的恩赐改变了古吉拉特邦的命运。”总理批评国会隐瞒了第一个梦见贾尔·沙克蒂的人的真相。 “国家获得独立后，做的第一件事就是贾尔·沙克蒂（Jal Shakti），谁想到过它？……如果印度水资源和水坝建设的远见归功于一位伟人，那么他的名字就是他的名字。”伟大的人是巴巴萨赫布·安贝德卡，但国会从未认可他的努力，”他补充道。他进一步表示，过去国大党政府是发布公告的专家，但民众却从未从中受益。

"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.

“成为总理后，我在分析计划和项目的进展时注意到了旧项目。我很惊讶地发现35-40年前就已经奠基，但后来却连一寸工作都没有完成。”莫迪总理说道。

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

他还发行了纪念前总理阿塔尔·比哈里·瓦杰帕伊诞辰 100 周年的纪念邮票和硬币。 （国际安联）

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