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My dear countrymen, Friends, Friends, for centuries, water The ‘Jal Mandir Scheme’ played a
conservation in our country; significant role in the protection of
let’s talk about Mupattam Sri I would also request the listeners of
protection of water sources has these wells or step wells. Several step
Narayanan ji of Kerala. He has ‘Mann Ki Baat’ to reiterate our
been part of the nature of society. I wells were revived all over Gujarat.
started a project named – ‘Pots for resolves. Whatever we can do to
am happy that many people in the This also helped a lot in raising the
water of life’. When you come to know save every drop of water, we must
country have made water water level in these areas. You can
about this project, you will marvel at do that. Apart from this, we have to
conservation a life mission. Like Arun also run similar campaigns at the
the wonderful work done. keep giving equal emphasis on
Krishnamurthy is a friend from local level. Be it the construction of
Friends, Mupattam Sri Narayanan ji is recycling of water. The water used Chennai! Arun ji is running a Check dams or Rain Water
running a campaign to distribute at home can be used in pots, can campaign to clean the ponds and Harvesting, individual efforts are also
earthen pots so that animals and be used in gardening, it must be lakes in his area. He took up the important in this and collective
birds do not face water problems reused. With a little effort, you can responsibility of cleaning more than efforts are necessary too. For
during summer. In summer, he used make such arrangements in your 150 ponds and lakes and instance, at least 75 Amrit Sarovars
to get upset seeing the plight of home. Centuries ago, Rahimdas ji successfully completed it. Similarly, can be made in every district of our
animals and birds. Then he thought… had purposefully said ‘Rahiman there is a friend from Maharashtra, country in the Azadi ka Amrit
why not start distributing earthen paani raakhiye, bin paani sab Rohan Kale. Rohan is an HR Mahotsav. Some old lakes can be
pots himself so that others were left soon’. And in this task of saving Professional. He is running a rejuvenated; some new ones can be
with only the task of filling water in water, I have high hopes from campaign to preserve hundreds of dug. I am sure you will definitely
those pots. You will be surprised that children. Just as our children made step wells in Maharashtra. Many of make some effort in this direction.
the number of utensils distributed by cleanliness a movement, they can these wells are centuries old and
Narayanan ji is going to cross one help save water by becoming a are part of our heritage. Bansilal-Pet
lakh. In his campaign, he will donate ‘Water Warriors’. Kuan in Secunderabad is one such
the hundred thousandth pot to the step well. Due to years of neglect,
Sabarmati Ashram established by this step well got filled with mud and
Gandhi ji. Today, when the summer garbage. But now the campaign to
season has knocked at our doors, this revive this step well has started with
work of Narayanan will definitely public participation.
inspire all of us and we will also make
Friends,
arrangements for water for our
animal and bird friends this summer. I hail from a state where there has
always been a shortage of water.
These step wells are called Vav in
Gujarat. Vav has played a big role in
a state like Gujarat.
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