Mumbai: Paani
Foundation an initiative to make Maharashtra drought free, today officially
announced the launch of the third edition of the coveted Satyamev Jayate Water Cup 2018.
After
receiving an overwhelming response in 2016 and 2017 from the people of
Maharashtra, Paani Foundation today announced the launch of the Satyamev Jayate
Water Cup, 2018. Senior industrialists like Mr. Ratan Tata, Mr. Mukesh Ambani,
Mr. Shantilal Mutha, and President of the Jain Seva Sangh, State minister
Jaikumar Raval, Mr. Satyajit Bhatkal, CEO,
Paani Foundation and Dr. Avinash
Pol were present at the launch of the Water
Cup. The launch was done at the hands of
Honorable Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri. Devendra Fadnavis.
On the occasion Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said, “Maharashtra would be drought free by 2019 because of measures
undertaken by the state government and responsible citizen like Aamir Khan and
his unique initiative like Paani Foundation.
Paani Foundation’s work in the field of water conservation and watershed
management has indeed been a major contributing factor towards water
conservation in Maharashtra. Paani Foundation demonstrates a unique symbiosis
between people from Bollywood & Corporate World. It’s just not an
initiative but a people’s movement which clearly shows that water conservation
can be done without building huge dams. For transformation people’s
participation is the key and driving force and that’s what Paani Foundation has
managed to do through Satyamev Jayate Water Cup.”
Mr. Aamir Khan, Founder, Paani foundation said, "This year is an opportunity and a great challenge in front of us.
Increase in number of villages and mass participation has put a lot of onus on
us to deliver. While it is a challenge, it's also provides all of us a great
opportunity to prove our mettle. If we manage to achieve what we intend to
it'll give a major boost to our efforts to make Maharashtra drought-free and once again reiterate our commitment
to the cause.”
Paani Foundation is an
initiative set up by Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao. It has been working since the year
2016 to create a people’s movement for
drought-free Maharashtra. This year the
competition tenure for Satyamev Jayate Water Cup is from 8th April to 22nd
May 2018. The top three villages will get a cash prize of Rs. 75 lakhs, Rs. 50
lakhs and Rs. 40 lakhs respectively. In addition, the top village from
each taluka will get a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakhs. The total prize money which
the villages stand to win in the competition is nearly Rs. 10 crores.
Satyamev Jayate Water Cup is a competition between different
villages to see who can do the best work for watershed management and water
conservation in the period of the competition. As part of the competition,
Paani Foundation will train the villagers in the science of watershed
development. These villagers will then participate in the Satyamev Jayate Water
Cup. The 45-day long competition involves ‘Shramdan,’ (voluntary labour) in
building important structures and thus, water storage capacities. Every revenue
village in the selected talukas is eligible to participate. Participation is
based on self-selection and the application form needs to be sent by the Gram
Panchayat.
A
total of 1,321 villages from 30 talukas took part in the second edition of Satyamev
Jayate Water Cup competition and created water storage potential of 8,361 crore
litres of water! A small Adivasi Village, Kakaddara from Arvi taluka of Wardha
won the Water Cup, 2017.
This
year the competition has been extended to 75 talukas in 24 districts of
Maharashtra. Every village in the
selected talukas is eligible to participate and has been given Aamir Khan's
signature invitation for this purpose. A grand
photo exhibition that explains the journey and purpose of the Water Cup was
organized in close conjunction with the government of Maharashtra in all 75
talukas and has been attended by lakhs of villagers and students.
The entry form is in
two parts. Over 7200 villages have submitted Entry Form Part 1 so far. The
second part of the form requires the village to hold a gram sabha and select 5
participants for the four day training conducted by Paani Foundation. The last
date for submitting the completed entry form Part 2 is 31st January 2018.
Paani Foundation extends a warm invitation to all the villages in the selected
talukas to complete the entry process and begin their journey to water and
prosperity.
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