Ministry of Jal Shakti announces winners of ‘Water Heroes: Share Your Stories Contest’ for August 2022
Six Winners to get a cash prize of Rs
10,000/- and a certificate for supporting countrywide efforts on Water
Conservation & Sustainable Development of Water Resources
The Department of Water Resources, River Development and
Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti has launched the 'Water Heroes:
Share Your Stories’ contest. The 3rd edition has been launched on 01.12.2021
and will end on 30.11.2022 on MyGov portal. The 1st edition was launched from
01.09.2019 to 30.08.2020. The 2nd edition was launched from 19.09.2020 to
31.08.2021.
The objective of the contest is to promote value of
water, in general, and for supporting country-wide efforts on water
conservation and sustainable development of water resources. In accordance with
the vision of Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a large population should
be motivated to adopt the cause of water conservation in the country. The aim
of the contest is to create awareness for water conservation by enhancing
knowledge and sharing experiences of water heroes; and to create an attitude
towards water conservation and management so that a behavioral change can be
created amongst all stakeholders.
For the month of August 2022, there are six winners, they
will get a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/- and a certificate, details given as below:
1) Divyansh
Tondon is from Meerut, associated with the campaign named “Paani Panchayat”
under which they go to various villages, streets, towns, schools, localities
and making public aware. He is vice president (Meerut Cantt.) Saarthi Social
welfare society.
2) Vinay Vishwanath Gawasis a
Project Director from Goa, campaigning about Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting and
borewell recharge in Kelawade village, Keri sattari, Goa. The project is said
to be built in collaboration with TERI.
3) Amit is Gram Pradhan in
Malakpura, Jalon, UP and was a Journalist in Delhi. He has done various
activities for development such as providing healthy foods in the primary
school of the village, working in plantation work, environment protection and
Water purification through sedimentation activities.
4) She is from Chattarpur, Madhya
Pradesh. She is involved in the construction of four check dams and two outlets
and made bori bandahan.
5) Anurag Patel, District
Magistrate, Banda in a considerable effort to conserve water ran two
significant campaigns- ‘Jal Sanchay, Jeevan Sanchay’ and ‘Jal Kumbhi
Hatao-Talab Bachao Abhiyan’. He took the initiative to remove water hyacinth
from 126 ponds. He also took efforts to rejuvenate the Chandrawal River by
digging up extra miles for renovation purpose. 664 ponds in Mirzapur and 101 in
Janpad Farrukhabad was revived under his efforts.
6) Snehlata
Sharma from Shivpuri District Block Badarwas, Piparodha Village has been doing
a considerable and praiseworthy job in field of water conservation and
management from the past 1 year. For creating awareness around the village
about water and its conservation, she brought women in the forefront. She also
generated awareness about the crops that uses less water in the field.
The contest is held monthly and
may be seen on MyGov portal. To participate in the contest, one needs to post
their success stories on water conservation efforts in the form of 1-5 minutes
video, along with a write-up of 300 words and attach some photographs/ photos
that depict the efforts. Also, the participants can share their videos (with
the link to their YouTube video) on the MyGov portal (www.mygov.in).
In addition to this, entries can be submitted at waterheroes.cgwb@gmail.com .