water man of india (Rajendra SIngh)

Presentation on the contributions of mr. rajendra singh the water man of india.

1. By:-Akanksha
RAJENDRA SINGH(WATERMAN)

2. •Bornon6august1956atDuala
villageinBagpatdistrictnear
MeerutinUttarPradesh.
•Hewaselderinsevensiblings.
INTRODUCTION

3. •hisearlyschoolingwasinhisfather’sfarmland.
•HewascompletehispostgraduationinHindi
LiteratureinAllahabaduniversity.
•HebecomeleaderoflocalchapterChhatraYuva
SangharhVahimi,studentactivismorganisation.
EDUCATION

4. •In1980,hejoinedgovernmentservice,Careerstartedasa
NationalServiceVolunteerforeducation.
•In1983,hebecamegeneralsecretaryofTarunBharat
Sangha(YoungIndianAssociation).
•Hisfirsttaskwasworkingwithagroupof‘Nomad
blacksmiths’.
•HejoinedTarunBharatSanghtosaveriverbyusing
traditionalrainwatercollectionmethod,forfiveriverin
Rajasthan.
BEGINNING OF CAREER

5. •ConstructedajohadatthesourceofadriedAravari
River.
•Largestbeing244meter-longand7meter-high.
•Numbersofdamsreached375.
•Inpublicinterest,apetitionfiledinthesupremecourt.
in1991,SCbannedminingintheAravali.
•Till2001,TBSspreadoverareaof6500kmincluding
partofMadhyaPradesh,Gujarat,AndhraPradesh.
CONTRIBUTION

6. •450earthencheckdamorjohad,collectrainwaterin
850villagesin11districtofRajasthan.
•PivotalroleinstoppingcontroversialLoharinagPala
HydroPowerProjectoverBhagirathi,headstreamof
gangariverin2006.
•In2009,heledaPadaYatra(walkathon)marchof
groupofenvironmentalistandNGOsthrough
Mumbai.

8. •thedocumentaryJalPurushKiKahaniwas
producedbyfilmproduceranddirector
Ravindrachauhan.
EFFORTS / STRUGGLE

9. •RamonMagsayasyAwardforcommunity
leadershipin2001
•In2005,hegotJammalalBajajAwardfor
applicationofruraldevelopment.
•In2008,theGuardian
•In2015,theStockholmWater.
•In2016,bestowedwithAhimsaAwardinUK.
AWARDS/HONORS

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