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  2. Hiware Bazar - Wikipedia

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    The villagers implemented a drip-irrigation system to conserve water and soil, and to increase the food production. They avoided crops like sugarcane and bananas, which require a high use of water. The program included rainwater harvesting, digging trenches around the hill contours to trap water, afforestation and building of percolation tanks.

  3. Laxman Singh (conservationist) - Wikipedia

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    Laxman Singh is an Indian social activist and water conservationist from Lapodiya village in Jaipur, Rajasthan, [1] known for his work in water conservation [2] and developing water conservation techniques such as Chauka, which has helped improve the livelihoods of villagers in Rajasthan.

  4. Water conservation - Wikipedia

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    Many water-saving devices (such as low-flush toilets) that are useful in homes can also be useful for business water saving. Other water-saving technology for businesses includes: Waterless urinals (also can be installed in schools) Waterless car washes; Infrared or foot-operated taps, which can save water by using short bursts of water for ...

  5. Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan - Wikipedia

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    The Water Conservation Department of Maharashtra government conducted a logo competition on the Maharashtra MyGov Portal with an objective to widen its scope of public participation in flagship program. Mr Kishor Gaikwad received an award in Mumbai for best design by Hon. Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis on 4 January 2018.

  6. Water efficiency - Wikipedia

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    Water efficiency is the practice of reducing water consumption by measuring the amount of water required for a particular purpose and is proportionate to the amount of essential water used. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Water efficiency differs from water conservation in that it focuses on reducing waste, not restricting use. [ 3 ]

  7. Rajendra Singh - Wikipedia

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    Rajendra Singh (born 6 August 1959) is an Indian water conservationist and environmentalist from Alwar district, Rajasthan in India. Also known as "waterman of India", he won the Magsaysay Award in 2001 and Stockholm Water Prize in 2015.

  8. Conservation in India - Wikipedia

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    By this forest-in-name-only method, the total amount of recorded forest, per official Indian records, was 71.8 million hectares (177 × 10 ^ 6 acres). Any comparison of forest coverage number of a year before 1987 for India, to current forest coverage in India, is thus meaningless; it is just bureaucratic record keeping, with no relation to ...

  9. Narmada Bachao Andolan - Wikipedia

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    Narmada Bachao Andolan logo. It reads, नर्मदा बचाओ, 'Save the Narmada River!' Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA, Hindi: नर्मदा बचाओ आंदोलन, 'Save the Narmada River Movement') is an Indian social movement spearheaded by native tribals (), farmers, environmentalists and human rights activists against a number of large dam projects across the Narmada ...