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Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, organised the 2^ndNational Water Awards(NWAs)for the year 2019. The Award Distribution Ceremony is on 11^th& 12^th November, 2020 through virtual platform.

The Goalpara district administration, under the guidance of Deputy Commissioner VarnaliDeka, received on Wednesday the prestigious National Water Award, 2019 under the category of Water Conservation, Best District in the Northeast.

Objective

• The awards are given to motivate individuals/organizations who are doing commendable work in the field of water resources conservation and management.
• Also, it strives to create awareness among the people about the importance of water and motivate them to adopt the best water usage practices. The award winners in different categories will be given a citation, trophy and cash prize.
• The NWAs focus on the good work and efforts made by individual and organisations across the country, and the government’s vision for the path to ‘JalSamridh Bharat’.
• The event provides a good opportunity to start-ups as well as leading organisations to engage and deliberate.
• The event also provides an occasion for all people and organisations to further cement a strong partnership and engender stakeholders’engagement in water resources conservation and management activities.

National Water Awards 

The Ground Water Augmentation Awards and National Water Award were launched in the year 2007 with an objective to encourage all stakeholder including the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Gram Panchayats, Urban Local Bodies, Water User Associations, Institutions, Corporate Sector, Individuals etc. for adopting innovative practices of ground water augmentation by rainwater harvesting and artificial recharge, promoting water use efficiency, recycling & re-use of water and creating awareness through people's participation in the targeted areas resulting into the sustainability of ground water resources development, adequate capacity building amongst the stakeholders etc.

Source: PIB