Water

The Better India launches India’s Water Warriors Awards to honour heroes who have done incredible work and created amazing impact in water conservation.

Watch this video to see how residents of Kulgam district gather in Kashmir’s Panzath village every year to clean the Panzath Nag, helping several villages get water.

Lalithamba Vishwanathiah, a resident of HSR Layout, Bengaluru has installed over 125 aerators in schools, marriage halls and conference halls to help save more than 18 lakh litres of water.

Manikandan R, an environmental activist and social worker has been on a mission to revive the water bodies across Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu for over 20 years.

Developed by students at IIT-Madras, Saaf water™ is an AI-IoT platform designed to regularly monitor the groundwater and effectively communicate that information — not just to the authorities, but to the community as well.

Sneha Shahi from Gujarat is one of the 18 young activists affiliated with UNEP’s Plastic Tide Turner Campaign and winner of the Youth for Earth Award.

Bringing life and water to a parched village in Tamil Nadu, 5000 people worked together to revive the Andipalayam lake. All thanks to one inspiring man, Tiruppur's Kumar Duraisamy

Pune-based Rahul Bakare launched Urdhvam Environmental Technologies Pvt Ltd to create an innovative machine — BoreCharger, which increases the quantum of rainwater entering the groundwater aquifers

Dr Vijay Atri and locals of Udhampur district, Jammu & Kashmir started the Bowli Bachao Abhiyan in March 2021 to revive 20 natural spring water sources. They went on to inspire 13 others to follow suit

Khrolhiweu Tsuhah, project associate at North East Initiative Development Agency (NEIDA), is anchoring a multi-stakeholder spring shed management project in various districts of Nagaland to revive springs, the only water source in the mountainous region