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Website. tarunbharatsangh.in. 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. He runs an NGO called ' Tarun Bharat Sangh ' (TBS), which was founded in 1975.
Specifications. Status. Under consideration. Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) is a project initiated by the Government of Rajasthan to provide water to the eastern districts of the Indian state of Rajasthan. [1] [2] [3] Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) envisages intra-basin transfer of water within the Chambal Basin by utilising ...
29.4939°N 73.6423°E. / 29.4939; 73.6423. The Ganga Canal of Rajasthan [1] (also called Gang Canal) is an irrigation system of canals laid down by Maharaja Ganga Singh in the present district of Sri Ganganagar in the early twentieth century. It is fed from the Sutlej River near Firozpur, Punjab, close to the India–Pakistan border, and passes ...
Nadi (small johad) in Laporiya village of Rajasthan. Johad at Rithal village of Rohtak district of Haryana. A johad, also known as a pokhar or a percolation pond, is a community-owned traditional harvested rainwater storage wetland principally used for effectively harnessing water resources in the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, and western Uttar Pradesh of North India, that collects and ...
The dam is situated near Sumerpur town in Pali District of Rajasthan state in India. The dam was built by Maharaja Umaid Singh of Jodhpur . The idea of building a dam over River Jawai was conceived in 1903 as its flooding waters caused heavy damage in Pali and Jalore district during monsoon. It was finally given shape in 1946.
Rajasthan ( Hindi: [rɑːdʒəsˈtʰɑːn] ⓘ; lit. 'Land of Kings') [12] is a state in northwestern India. [13] [14] [15] It covers 342,239 square kilometres (132,139 sq mi) or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population.
Jal Mahal at night. Jal Mahal (meaning "Water Palace") is a palace in the middle of the Man Sagar Lake in Jaipur city, the capital of the state of Rajasthan, India. The palace was originally constructed around 1699; the building and the lake around it were later renovated and enlarged in the early 18th century by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Amber.
Thus Rajasthan has a total 213 Municipalities or Urban Local Bodies(ULBs). The Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009 governs the administration of all the urban local bodies in the state. The Department of Local Self Government of the Rajasthan Government monitors the administration of all the municipalities in the state.