PM Modi visits iconic Afsluitdijk dam in Netherlands | India Information
3 min learnNew DelhiCould 18, 2026 01:37 AM IST
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi on Sunday visited the enduring Dutch water administration challenge Afsluitdijk – a 32-km dam and causeway.
Afsluitdijk is taken into account a world benchmark in flood management and land reclamation, defending giant elements of the Netherlands from the North Sea whereas enabling freshwater storage.
Modi was accompanied by Netherlands Prime Minister Rob Jetten. The go to got here at a time when each the nations have signed Letter of Intent on the subject of the Kalpasar Challenge in Gujarat. The Letter of Intent was signed between the Jal Shakti Ministry and the Netherlands’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Administration for technical cooperation.
In a press release, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs stated, “The go to underscored the shared dedication of each nations to revolutionary water administration options, local weather resilience, and sustainable infrastructure.”
“The go to to the dam put a highlight on the parallels between the Afsluitdijk and India’s bold Kalpasar challenge within the state of Gujarat. The Kalpasar challenge goals to create a freshwater reservoir throughout the Gulf of Khambhat, integrating tidal energy era, irrigation, and transportation infrastructure. On this regard, the 2 sides welcomed the signing of the Letter of Intent between Ministry of Jal Shakti of India and Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Administration of the Netherlands for technical cooperation on the Kalpasar challenge,” it stated.
“The 2 leaders famous that Dutch experience in hydraulic engineering and India’s scale of implementation current alternatives for mutually useful partnerships. The go to reaffirms the India-Netherlands Strategic Partnership on Water, highlighting shared dedication to innovation and sustainability.”
In a put up on the X, Prime Minister Modi stated: “An space by which the Netherlands has completed pioneering work is water sources. There’s a lot all the world neighborhood can be taught from them…We’re working to carry trendy know-how to India aimed toward serving to in irrigation, flood management and increasing the inland waterway community.”
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The Netherlands Prime Minister additionally stated that his nation is trying ahead to deepen cooperation Water sector. “If there’s one factor the Netherlands excels at, it’s coping with water. India has proven appreciable curiosity in our experience within the discipline of water administration. We’re trying to deepen our cooperation on this space,” Jetten posted on X.
