Takewadi Andhali village: Winner of Satyameva Jayate Water Cup 2018 competition

Last updated Aug 13, 2018

NP NEWS NETWORK

PUNE

The third edition of the Paani Foundation’s ‘Satyameva Jayate Water Cup’ award ceremony was held in Balewadi, Pune on Sunday (August 12). The first prize of Rs 75 lakh and a trophy for the Satyameva Jayate Water Cup 2018 competition was won by Takewadi Andhali village from Maan taluka of Satara District which was presented by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

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In this Water Cup 2018, 75 talukas participated and stored 22,269 crore liter of water through rainwater harvesting over a period of 45 days.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in an award ceremony said, ‘Paani Foundation realized that Maharashtra could not be water-abundant unless people are brought together”.
While CM further added, “Maharashtra will have abundant water only when water conservation will become a mass movement. There can be no change in the lives of people or villages by external forces, any change whatsoever has to be brought by ourselves. Paani Foundation has underlined this fact and worked in that direction.”

CM in speech also appealed to Amir Khan to include 100 talukas in the Water Cup league next year and has also promised to provide all assistance for the same at the government level.

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In this third edition prize were distributed jointly where second prize of Rs. 50 Lakhs was given jointly to villages from Bhandvali (Maan taluka) and Sindkhed from districts Satara and Buldhana respectively. The third prize of Rs. 40 Lakhs was given jointly to villages of Anandwadi (Ashti taluka) and Umatha (Narkhed taluka) from districts; Beed and Nagpur respectively.

Along with CM Minister of State for Water Resources Vijay Shivtare, Minister of State for Home, Ram Shinde, and Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, former CM Ashok Chavan, former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and CEO of Paani Foundation Satyajit Bhatkal, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), State Unit congress chief Ashok Chavan, Bollywood Actor Atul Kulkarni, Actress Sonali Kulkarni were also present for the award ceremony. Even Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray was supposed to come for the award ceremony, but however he cancelled it due to unknown reasons.

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