India’s initiatives in environment, water conservation has set an example for the world: GS Shikhawat

India’s initiative in environment, water conservation has set an example for the world: GS Shikhawat
India has diverted all the resources from the general public to the government towards the need and concern of water problems, which has increased threefold with the increase in India’s population, the minister said

Jal Prahari Samman Samaroh 2023, organised by Sarkaritel under the joint aegis of Ministry of Jal Shakti, National Jal Jeevan Mission and National Water Mission on March 29, at Maharashtra Sadan, honoured more than 51 people Jal Praharis (water conservationists) from across India working passionately towards water conservation, climate change and drinking water management. Jal Praharis, included farmers, scientists, IAS, IRS, district-level officers and school principals, who with their innovative uses, equipment, experiments, and unique traditional methods have been saving lakhs of litres of water in their areas.

Chief Guest of the occasion, Jal Shakti Minister, Gajendra Singh Shikhawat honoured the Jal Praharis from 22 states of the country. In his speech, he said, “In the field of water conservation, India’s contribution is extraordinary and beyond imagination. India’s participation in the United Nations World Water Summit and World Water Forum gave India a chance to showcase our work in the field of water conservation which even got appreciated by the United Nations’ President and other foreign delegates.”

“India’s initiative in environment and water conservation has set an example for the world in a very short period. India has diverted all the resources from the general public to the government towards the need and concern of water problems, which has increased threefold with the increase in India’s population. We as responsible Indian citizens should work sincerely towards saving water and avoiding water wastage for our future generations. The future of earth lies in water therefore water needs to be saved for the future of our motherland, the sooner we understand the better we are at saving groundwater level and climate change for future generations,” the minister added.

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Speaking at the occasion, Archana Verma, Mission Director, National Water Mission said, “We never know the worth of water until the well is dry, and going by the figure, the concerns regarding water shortage is grave which needs to be addressed the soonest with water crisis management.”

Water Warriors from 22 states across the country were honoured at the Jal Prahari ceremony. One water saviour each from states like Delhi, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Punjab, Tripura, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Telangana and two water saviour each from Haryana, Karnataka, Uttarakhand were honoured during the awards.

Ambassadors from many countries including the Netherlands, Finland, Malta, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan were also present at the occasion. Giving more information about the programme, the convenor of the ceremony, Anil Singh said that the National Water Mission, UNOPS, CEEW were the knowledge partners of the programme.

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CEO and Editor in Chief, Sarkaritel.com, Ameya Sathaye said, “It was the privilege to honour 11 water conservationists from Uttar Pradesh, 8 from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and 10 water conservationists from Maharashtra for their efforts put in water conservation activities across the country and the world.”

Names of the water warriors that were honoured at the ceremony are Ajit Powar (IAS), Amit Kumar, Anil Sharma, Ankit Kumar Agarwal (IAS), Anshul Garg (IAS), Aruna M Vishweshwar, Arvind Singh, Asha Prabhakar, Bavita Rajput, Bratindi Jena, Chandan Singh Nayal, Chattar Singh, Dattu Rambhau Dhage, Deepak Gupta, Deepak Meena (IAS), Deepak Hari Ranade, Devashish Majumdar, Devvrat Rajkumar, Divya Mittal (IAS), Gajendra Singh, Hanumant Baburao, Nagorao Kendra, Kirti Sharma, MVSS Girdhar, Makarand Anaspure, Manish Rajput, Manubhai Chaudhary, P Yadu Bhushan Reddy, Peter Alexandar, Prasanna Prabhu, Priyanka Pratap Patil, Rajesh Pandit, Rajkumar Rajput, Ramesh Goyal, Ramesh Kumar Singh, Ravindra Singhal (IPS), Ravindra Kumar Mander (IAS), Ruma Pathak, Sandeep Kumar Salunkhe (IAS), Sanjay Dutta, Sanju Yadav, Shambhu, Shashikant Dalvi, Shiv Kumar Upadhayay, Snehal Donde, Suman Sharma, Uddhav V Bhosle, Umesh Kumar, Vipin Dubey and Abhijeet Raut.

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