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Dr Ujjwal Chavan, Joint Commissioner of Income Tax, Mumbai, has run a massive water conservation initiative to rejuvenate the river and improve groundwater tables in several Maharashtra villages, including Dhamangaon, where he is originally from. His efforts have benefited around 30,000 farmers so far.

From the Ghata lake becoming a dumping ground, to the natural drainage systems being lost, flooding in Gurugram is a legacy of urbanisation.

The Gandhian environmentalist lived by an abiding passion and he died for it too -- fighting to save river Ganga. RIP, sir. You will be missed.

The village now has lush farms, hilly terrain with custard apple farms, 27 wells, water bodies, and dams. It is as if the land or its villagers were never deprived of water.

The Delta Plan, along with another hydraulic project– Zuiderzee Works, would go on to make one of the seven wonders of the modern world, owing to its incredible hydraulic engineering feat.

Amidst all this chaos, stories like that of Vishnu Kachhawa, a blanket merchant who hails from Madhya Pradesh, will restore your faith in humanity.

Anil Joshi helped farmers by building 11 check dams across rivers and nullahs within a 10 km radius of Fatehgarh in Madhya Pradesh.