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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.
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.
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 ...
Chand Baori is a stepwell situated in the village of Abhaneri in the Indian state of Rajasthan. [1] [2] [3] It extends approximately 30 m (100 ft) into the ground, making it one of the deepest and largest stepwells in India. [4] It is named after a local ruler of Nikumbh dynasty called Raja Chanda and its construction is dated to the 8th-9th ...
Rawatbhata Nuclear Powerplant. The construction of the Douglas Point Nuclear Generating Station Canada began in 1961 with a CANDU (Canada Deuterium Uranium) pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) capable of producing 220 MW of electricity. Two years after the construction of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP) commenced, two similar ...
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 ...
Water Catchment Areas in Rajasthan River System Catchment Area (in square km) Banas: 46,570 Luni River: 34,250 Chambal River: 29,110 Banganga River and Gambhiri: 16,030 Mentha, Rupangarh Savi Sota, and Savarmati (Vakal) 14,360 West Banas: 6,940 Total Catchment Area: 1,69,470