Our Correspondent Imphal, July 13 (EMN): Officials from Manipur are attending a four-day workshop to address the issue of drying springs and evolving threats to water security across the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region at Kathmandu. Manipur officials attending the workshop informed that keeping in view the limited capacity and resources of the state, international organisations like the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) were asked to extend their cooperation to the state of Manipur and Northeast states to revive the springs. An agenda for an umbrella pilot project for Regional Springs Rejuvenation [Nagaland – Manipur – Mizoram] as a component of climate resilient solution programme was also put up during the workshop. It is estimated that nearly 50% of the springs in the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) are drying up, affecting communities whose lives and livelihoods depend on spring water, while lack of scientific evidence, inadequate knowledge and s
State directorate of Environment and Climate Change joint director T Brajakumar Singh took part as an Indian delegate in the workshop on springshed management in Kathmandu.