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enough of the success of this conferred the coveted award. I
campaign. am very grateful to the Jal Shakti
Children, youth and women Ministry and to the Government
have equally and actively of India for this recognition. This
rendered their support in this has been a moment of pride for
campaign. Efforts have been a teacher from the far flung hilly
made to organise hikings (pad areas who actually attained this
yatras) and trekkings along success with the help of local
with other pilot projects with an villagers.
aim to connect school children Let us all adopt the projects
with nearby water structures of constructing Amrit Sarovars
and smaller rivers. Besides this, and also follow the efforts to
thousands of leafy plants have conserve water and take a
been planted with the help of resolve to sow each drop of
villagers which actively help water in the soil like a seed. If
in conserving water. Raising of we consider our soil as a piggy
such small forests has helped bank and deposit drops of
in raising ground water levels in water, we surely will get results.
lower areas significantly. Our villages will become green
Considering the importance with plenty of water flowing in
of "Pani Bowo, Pani Ugao' our rivers. This resolve of the
campaign, the Jal Shakti people will give a new direction
Ministry of the Government of to the Amrit Sarovar Yojana and
India gave me the National will prove very helpful in making
Jal Puraskar, 2025. Honourable the country self-reliant in water
President Smt. Draupadi Murmu resources.
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