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Reinforcement of women’s participation contracts awarded in the Aravalli range in 1992.
in water conservation He faced several life- threatening situations in
his fight against the mining mafia.
Rajendra Singh and his team of Tarun
Bharat Sangh had to persuade younger Dr Singh, along with the late Prof G.D.
members to avoid growing sugarcane Agarwal, succeeded in stopping the
crop. Sugarcane is a water intensive crop, construction of two dams – Loharinag Pala,
it could deplete the newly restored fertile Pala Maneri and Bhaironghati–that were
land. He engaged the newly married being built on the Bhagirathi River on the
women in the village. Women had to tell main stem of the Ganga. Tarun Bharat
men that they would leave the house if Sangh has created 14,800 water structures
they did not stop sugarcane cultivation. and 14 rivers have been revived.Dr. Rajendra
From site selection to the construction of water Singh initiated ‘Water Ethics, Justice and
bodies, women contributed World Peace Tour to share successful
significantly at every level of experiences of water
the project under leadership rejuvenation.
of Rajendra Singh.
Building new skills within An Ayurveda graduate and a
young people post graduate in Hindi literature,
His team of Tarun Bharat he has been awarded honorary
Sangh started recruiting doctorate degrees by the
young people to build Johad. None of University of Agricultural Sciences in
them were was trained yet all Johads built Dharwad Karnataka 2014, Purnima
are functional till date. The programme University Jaipur in 2016, and from APJ
was funded by Dr. Singh and Tarun Bharat Abdul Kalam Technical University
Sangh team. Lucknow in 2019. In 2022, Dr. Singh was
awarded Honorary Doctorate in Hindi
Literature from R. N. B. Global University,
Conservation and disciplined use Bikaner and Honorary Doctorate in Social
of natural resources Work from Swami Vivekananda Global
University, Jaipur. He has also received
Dr. Singh increased greenery over revived Honorary Doctorate in Science from Janardan
land. He spread awareness among people Rai Nagar Rajasthan, Vidyapeeth University,
to conserve groundwater. He engaged Udaipur Rajasthan in 2023.
thousands of community members in the
800 km long ‘Aravalli bachao’ padyatra Great achievements have led Dr. Singh to
(save the Aravalli march). He filed PIL in earn the title of “Waterman of India”. He
Supreme court which cancelled mining has also been honored with “Ramon
Magsaysay Award” in 2001 for community
leadership, “Jamnalal Bajaj Award’ for use
Sunil Kumar
Priya Singh of science and technology for rural
Mahato
TGT Natural development in 2005, and the ‘Stockholm
Science,GGSSS Water Prize’ in 2015 for his water
Tukhmirpur conservation activities.
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