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- Rajendra Singh (born 6 August 1959) is an Indian water conservationist and environmentalist from Alwar district, Rajasthan in India. Also known as "waterman of India", he won the Magsaysay Award in 2001 and Stockholm Water Prize in 2015.
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Rajendra Singh (born 6 August 1959) is an Indian water conservationist and environmentalist from Alwar district, Rajasthan in India. Also known as "waterman of India", he won the Magsaysay Award in 2001 and Stockholm Water Prize in 2015.
- Left His Job to Work For Rural People
- How Borewells Killed Traditional Water Harvesting
- Reviving Johads
- Traditional Techniques For Modern Problems
- Large Dams Are Not Good For Ecology
- Global Recognition For Water Conservation
- How The Water Crisis in Marathwada Was Created
- Climate Refugees, A New Reality in India
In Jaipur, he also started working with Tarun Bharat Sangha, an NGO formed by officers and students of the University. During his work with TBS, Singh got to learn about the struggles of the people of rural Rajasthan, and in 1984 decided to leave his government job to work for the betterment of their lives. In 1985, he became the General Secretary ...
One of his first learnings was how borewells were adversely impacting the water cycle. As people started depending more and more on bore wells to irrigate their land instead of the traditional johad, which were used to harvest rainwater and subsequently recharge the water table, the groundwater levels dropped. Wikimedia
After some research about johads which are concave structures that collect and store water throughout the year, Singh, with the help of some villagers managed to revive one such facility in Gopalpura, which was all but dried up due to neglect. Since then over the years, Singh and TBS have managed to revive some 3000 johadsspread across more than 65...
"It is a community-driven de-centralised water management system. The ponds in desert areas are built in such a way that it minimises evaporation. The maintenance of such johads is done by the community, which they had been doing traditionally," Singh told Indiatimes. "To revive any waterbody that is lost, it is important to know the local rain pat...
Over the years, Singh has also led campaigns to Save River Ganga and against building large dams on it. "Large dams will always have an impact on the local ecology. Like in the case of the Tehri Dam, the construction of it led to large-scale silting in River Ganga and subsequent growth of algae in it, which altered the composition of the water," he...
The waterman of India has been recognised globally for his work with honours including the 2001 Ramon Magsaysay Award For Community leadership and the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize, known as "the Nobel Prize for water" to name a few.
According to Singh, unscientific exploitation and commercial agriculture have played key roles in the growing water crisis, especially in areas like theMarathwada region in Maharashtra. "42 of the largest dams in India are in Maharashtra and despite this, there is an acute water crisis in the state. Sugarcane and cotton are the most common commerci...
"When your underground water usage is in overdraft and there is no recharge, that becomes a permanent crisis, which is what Marathwada is experiencing now," he said. It is not a problem that is limited toMarathwada or Maharashtra but is now being experienced by most of India. "When we gained Independence, only three per cent of the country was pron...
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Jul 27, 2021 · Rajendra Singh of Alwar district of Rajasthan understood it very well. His attempts at water management and conservation are a testimony to this fact. He won the Magsaysay Award in 2001 and Stockholm Water Prize in 2015 for his water conservation activities. He bagged the title of ‘Waterman of India’ for his inspirational efforts.
Sep 7, 2017 · Rajendra Singh listened, and today the Avari River flows again, thanks to the “Waterman of India.” Rajendra Singh was born on August 6, 1959, in the Uttar Pradesh region of India, just east of Rajastan.
Jun 5, 2020 · Popularly known as the Waterman of India, Dr Rajendra Singh has transformed the lives of lakhs of people in Rajasthan, defying all odds throughout his life. Dr Singh began his career in...
Jun 10, 2017 · Sprawled on his narrow bed, at the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras) guesthouse, water activist Rajendra Singh is remarkably cheerful for a man who has barely slept a wink.
Mar 22, 2021 · The Waterman of India is a detailed account of Mr Rajendra Singh’s work, pertaining to the development of water conversation structures across the arid deserts of Rajasthan. A few decades...
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