Almora district in Uttarakhand has won the country’s top conservation award for its Kosi River Conservation and Rejuvenation project,
which was initiated to increase the flow capacity of the river that is
considered a lifeline for more than 350 villages and towns located on
its banks.
The award was presented by Minister for
Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin
Gadkari at the National Water Award 2018 ceremony held in Delhi. Present
on the occasion were Kumaon Commissioner Rajiv Rautela, District
Magistrate Nitin Singh Bhadauria, former Chief Development Officer Mayur
Dixit, NRDAMS Director Professor JS Rawat and District Forest Officer
Sanchita Verma.
The Kosi Conservation and Regeneration
project was awarded under the category ‘Initiatives Taken for River
Conservation and Regeneration by Districts in the North Zone’.
As part of the Kosi Conservation and
Regeneration project, 1,67,755 saplings were planted within an hour in
the catchment areas of Kosi River under the leadership of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat. This feat has been entered in the Limca Book of World Records.
Considering the fact that surface water
and ground water are integral part of the water cycle, the Ministry of
Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation introduced the
unified National Water Awards in 2007 with the objectives of
encouraging the stakeholders to adopt holistic approach towards water
resources management in the country.
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