Waterman of India- Rajendra Singh gets Stockholm Waterprize

Meet Rajendra Singh, a water-conservationist from Alwar, Rajashtan, basically from Dollah Village of Baghpat district in U.P. He has helped over 1000 villages to get water and revived 5 rivers through his path-breaking techniques implemented by his NGO 'Tarun Bharat Sangh'. Now Singh has been awarded with the Stockholm Water Prize, also known as the Nobel Prize for water, and he is fondly known as the 'Water-Man of India' for his achievements.

When i saw this report in one Social Media, just thought to share it here. Because such people are still living near to us. But, we are always wandering behind some film stars or some other entertaining paper heroes. Main stream Media too often concentrates on sensationalism to increase their TRP rating. So, we the people are not able to know about the the real Heroes of our time.

Rajendra Singh's NGO has played a vital role in fighting the bureaucracy and the mining lobby and has helped villagers in water management in extremely dried area through rainwater storage tanks, check dams and other time-tested as well as path-breaking techniques.

"It's been over 35 years since i shifted to here. I used to provide medicines to old in Rajasthan villages. I also used to help children to go to school. But one day an elderly man told me that the people there don't need medicine or education but water. From that day onward i started working on water problems in the villages there."- quoted IANS him as saying.

"It's been a long journey. I didn't know anything about water harvesting or how to get the ground water table recharged but locals helped me learn and i never looked back after that," says Rajendra Singh

We need such selfless services to uplift our Country. Instead of complaints, try to solve the problem around us like what Singh did.

To know more about him go through this Wikipedia link;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajendra_Singh