Jaipur, July 25 -- Chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Friday inaugurated the Rajasthan Water Conclave at a five-star hotel in Jaipur. Addressing the event, Sharma said the state was laying the foundation to emerge as a national model for water management and self-reliance through a series of major projects. He said that landmark initiatives, including the Ramjal Setu Link Project and the Yamuna Water Agreement, were transforming the water sector. "Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the double-engine government is working to make Rajasthan a national model in water management and water conservation," he said. He credited the Centre's flagship programmes such as Catch the Rain, Jal Jeevan Mission, Atal Bhujal Yojana, Namami Gange, Amrit Sarovar, Har Khet Ko Pani and Per Drop More Crop with strengthening water security across the country. Sharma said the Ramjal Setu Link Project would ensure drinking water security in 17 districts while providing irrigation facilities to nearly 484,000 hectares of farmland. He said the Yamuna Water Agreement would bring 1,917 cusecs of Yamuna water to the Shekhawati region through a 295-km pipeline, providing around 7.5 million people in Sikar, Jhunjhunu and Churu districts a permanent drinking water supply. He added that work on the Devas III and Devas IV projects, costing Rs.1,691 crore, was proceeding at a rapid pace to meet Udaipur's drinking water needs. He added that canal strengthening under the Indira Gandhi Nahar Project (IGNP) was underway in western Rajasthan, while plans to extend Narmada water to Raniwara and Bhinmal and bring Brahmani river water to Bisalpur were being finalised. The Parwan Multipurpose Irrigation Project, on which the state has already spent Rs.1,164 crore, would become a lifeline for Kota, Baran and Jhalawar, he sent. Sharma said campaigns such as Karmabhoomi Se Matrubhoomi were encouraging industrialists, non-resident Rajasthanis and CSR partners to build water conservation structures, helping improve groundwater levels in several areas. He added that the Vande Ganga Jal Sanrakshan Jan Abhiyan had promoted water source restoration, plantation drives and public awareness through community participation. He said Rs.5,100 crore had been approved under the AMRUT 2.0 scheme to strengthen urban drinking water infrastructure in 178 urban local bodies, with work orders already issued for 109 civic bodies. Under the Jal Jeevan Mission, more than 15 lakh rural households were receiving piped drinking water, while Rs.485 crore worth of conservation works had been completed under the Atal Bhujal Yojana. He said the state had also constituted a Chief Minister's Irrigation Task Force to monitor irrigation projects and launched the Kisan Saathi App to provide farmers with real-time information on irrigation water availability. Sharma said farmers in 26 districts were already receiving daytime electricity supply and that the facility would be extended across all districts by 2027....