National Water Policy.

The document aims to ensuring equitable and sustainable exploitation of water resources, maintaining ecosystem services, and adhering to policies and regulations for sustainable water management. The legal framework is driven by laws and regulations focused on water use, groundwater development, dam safety, and buffer zone protection. The policy specifies several key measures to achieve its objectives, including promoting efficient irrigation techniques, managing land use to reduce degradation, and ensuring the prevention of pollution from industrial activities. It also highlights key focus areas such as financing, climate change adaptation, capacity building, governance, and public awareness. Urban and community water services are addressed, focusing on access, quality, funding, and public-private partnerships. The implementation plan involves the establishment of appropriate institutional structures and capacity building at all levels, with a focus on cross-cutting water resources planning in national development. It also addresses the necessity of periodic reviews of integrated water resource management plans and the establishment of measures to resolve conflicts arising from various water uses.