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Stockholm Water Prize, Nobel Water Prize founded in 1990, this time went to the “man of water” – the activist of India, who so the inhabitants of numerous Indian villages for providing them with fresh water.
Methods by which Rajendra Singh (Rajendra Singh) supplied clean water to nearly a thousand settlements, not just simple and economical, they are also environmentally friendly. Practically it the oldest way to collect rainwater with the help of the jochad, which has long been lost in India (since its colonization The British Empire).
Jihad – a kind of reservoir that accumulate moisture in the rainy season, and at the same time allow it to seep easily and distributed over the soil without violating the ecology of the area – ancient Indians knew how to build such water barriers, so that they do not cause the wrath of the Gods.
Rajendr once graduated from medical college and became a doctor, but when he came to treat the inhabitants of Indian villages, he realized that they need not medical care, but first of all – clean water. And he found a solution that allowed without special capital investments and create a unique security system without harming nature fresh water of many thousands of people.
Scientists at the Stockholm Water Institute, who instituted the award Stockholm Water Prize, praised the merits of a young doctor, since today the problem with water resources becomes our the planet is extremely sharp, and perhaps it will not be missed by one third of the world’s population in the coming years. In this case, such the development (memories of the future) that Singh used extremely important and valuable and can even serve as a kind of beacon hopes for the best.
Indian physician and enthusiast will receive his prize in August this year is a Crystal sculpture, as a symbol of clean water, and a prize of 150 thousand US dollars. All this King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustav will personally hand over the winner.
Water Time India
