Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today discussed a range of issues with Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Environment and Water Resources of Singapore on the second day of her official visit to the city state.
Raje in course of the discussions raised issues pertinent to the state and apprised Balakrishnan on the Rajasthan reform agenda.
The Chief Minister enquired on the water pricing mechanism in place in Singapore and showed interest to the concept of linking prices to the opportunity cost of desalination of water, an official release said here.
The two leaders discussed on how ITI graduates could be involved in setting up solar panels, laying down and repair pipelines and carrying out over all maintenance thereby reducing overheads and bringing in efficiency.
Raje also enquired the possibility of having small, decentralised units manufacturing membranes in Rajasthan.
They also had detailed discussions on maximising Rajasthan's advantages in the solar sector and how solar energy could be linked to reducing drudgery of women in western Rajasthan since the expenses involved in a woman carrying water, if factored in, works out to be very high, the release added.
