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India: Rajnath urges free flow of river data to mitigate floods

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NEW DELHI: Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday called for diplomatic efforts to build a consensus among countries on sharing river data.

His statement comes a month after the ministry of external affairs pointed out that China had not shared hydrological data on Sutlej and Brahmaputra, as it was expected under two MoUs, amid major flooding in eastern India.

Inaugurating the 13th formation day of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) here, Singh said hydrological data on rivers should be shared by neighbouring countries for flood mitigation, and a consensus needed to be developed.

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Hazards Flood
Themes Data and information management Governance
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