Name: Rajendra Singh

Vote Count: 210

Source of Information: Rajendra Singh was featured in a programme on NDTV. I also read about him in newspapers.

Category: Water Conservation

Reason(s) for Nomination: Rajendra Singh has spent over two decades helping villagers in parched regions of Rajasthan conserve water by building traditional mud dams known as Johads. He has worked with villagers to build more than 11,800 Johads across over 1,000 villages. These Johads helped in reviving local aquifers and also revived rivers and streams by restoring the flow of underground rivers. Rajendra Singh has shown that proper management of water resources can prevent water crises, even in water