Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Ganjam district will receive the first prize for Best District in the country at the 4th National Water Awards to be held on June 17 at Plenary Hall, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi by the Department of Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR, RD &GR), Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Vice President of Indi Jagdeep Dhankhar will confer the 4th National Water Awards.
The Award for the Best District will be conferred on Ganjam District, Odisha while 2nd prize will go to Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu and 3 rd prize will be given to Adilabad District, Telangana, as per an official press release issued by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Odisha has been ranked as the second among the states. Madhya Pradesh bagged the Best State award while Andhra Pradesh and Bihar were jointly placed at the third position.
The Ministry of Jal Shakti has announced a total of 41 winners, including joint winners, for the 4th National Water Awards, 2022, covering 11 categories. Each award winner will be conferred with a citation and a trophy as well as cash prizes in certain categories.
As part of the ongoing nationwide drive to realize the Government’s vision of a ‘Jal Samridh Bharat’ or ‘Water Prosperous India’, the National Water Awards focus on encouraging the good work and efforts made by various individuals and organizations. It seeks to create awareness among people about the importance of water and motivate them to adopt best water use practices. The event provides an opportunity to all people and organizations to forge a strong partnership and further strengthen public participation in water resource conservation and management activities.
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