KIIT Student Activity Centre Celebrates World Water Day
The World Water Day was celebrated by KIIT Student Activity Centre (KSAC) on 22nd March 2021. An Online Open Mic was held on the topic “Need of Valuing Water” where students of KIIT opined that value of water is much more than its price and it is our responsibility to safeguard it effectively for everyone. They also stressed that celebrating this day raises awareness on the global water crisis and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: Water and sanitation for all by 2030.
The student participants gave their views on the importance of water for home, family life, livelihood, cultural practices, wellbeing and local environment. Water in schools and workplaces means health, hygiene, dignity and productivity, water in cultural and spiritual places means a connection with creation, community and oneself, and water in natural spaces means peace, harmony and preservation, they stated. One of the speakers also elaborated on the “Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain” Campaign launched by the Prime Minister of India. A speaker highlighted the important water conservation interventions through rain water harvesting, afforestation and reuse of water.