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rajendra singh at alwar in september 2014 . -lsb- http://tarunbharatsangh.in/ tarunbharatsangh.in -rsb- daula , bagpat district , uttar pradesh indian 06 august 1959 allahabad university magsaysay award rajendra singh.jpg rajendra singh
 rajendra singh water conservationist tarun bharat sangh
rajendra singh

rajendra singh -lrb- born 6 august 1959 -rrb- is a well-known water conservationist from alwar district , rajasthan in india .
also known as `` waterman of india '' , he won the stockholm water prize , an award known as `` the nobel prize for water '' , in 2015 .
previously , he won the ramon magsaysay award for community leadership in 2001 for his pioneering work in community-based efforts in water harvesting and water management .
he runs an ngo called ` tarun bharat sangh ' -lrb- tbs -rrb- , which was founded in 1975 .
the ngo based in village kishori-bhikampura in thanagazi tehsil , near sariska tiger reserve , has been instrumental in fighting the slow bureaucracy , mining lobby and has helped villagers take charge of water management in their semi-arid area as it lies close to thar desert , through the use of johad , rainwater storage tanks , check dams and other time-tested as well as path-breaking techniques .
starting from a single village in 1985 , over the years tbs helped build over 8,600 johads and other water conservation structures to collect rainwater for the dry seasons , has brought water back to over 1,000 villages and revived five rivers in rajasthan , arvari , ruparel , sarsa , bhagani and jahajwali .
he is one of the members of the national ganga river basin authority -lrb- ngrba -rrb- under ministry of environment , govt .
of india , which was set up in 2009 , by the government of india as an empowered planning , financing , monitoring and coordinating authority for the ganges -lrb- ganga -rrb- , in exercise of the powers conferred under the environment -lrb- protection -rrb- act ,1986 .
in 2008 , `` the guardian '' named him amongst its list of `` 50 people who could save the planet '' .
