Odisha, which was once in the news for its water crisis, has received the National Water Award from the Central Government. Odisha left Uttar Pradesh behind in the category of best state. Puducherry and Gujarat have jointly been at the third position. Union Water Power Minister CR Patil announced the National Water Awards on 14 October.
Union Water Power Minister announced Water Awards
Odisha, which was once in the news for its water crisis, has received the National Water Award from the Central Government. Odisha left Uttar Pradesh behind in the category of best state. Puducherry and Gujarat have jointly been at the third position. Union Water Power Minister CR Patil announced the National Water Awards on Monday. President Draupadi Murmu will distribute these awards in the capital on 22 October. Odisha has dominated the water awards this time.
Its district Balagir has got the chance to become the winner from the eastern region. Along with this, Puri of Odisha has been ranked second among the best urban bodies and a school located in Mayurbhanj has been successful in winning the third prize in the category of best school or college. In this category, Government Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya B-3 Paschim Vihar was ranked second, while the first award was received by a government school of Sikar.
'Odisha has done better work in the last one year'
Ministry Secretary Devashree Mukherjee said that Odisha has done remarkable work for water conservation and storage in the last one year and on this basis the ten-member jury selected it for the first place. Giving details of this, Devashree said that the progress of the state is worth learning for other states.
53000 structures built for water conservation
This state has built 53000 structures for water conservation and rainwater harvesting. 10,800 reuse and recharge structures have been built and 11,000 traditional water sources have been revived. Odisha has also done the best work in PM Krishi Sinchai Yojana and micro irrigation.
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