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Water and Sanitation | Water Warriors -Kaveree Bamzai

Water Warriors -Kaveree Bamzai

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published Published on Mar 19, 2021   modified Modified on Mar 22, 2021

-OpenTheMagazine.com

From working to make Kutch villages self-sufficient to investing in traditional practices in the Himalayas to digging wells in Bengaluru, India’s frontline fighters are making water scarcity a thing of the past

GAZALA PAUL, 56 AHMEDABAD: MAKING VILLAGES SELF-SUFFICIENT

“If I can save water at the individual level by using water sparingly and not allowing others to waste, that is the beginning,” says Gazala Paul. But she has been doing much more than that. Since establishing Samerth Trust 20 years ago, she has built an organisation of 65 people that now works in Kutch and Ahmedabad in Gujarat and Chhattisgarh. Based in Ahmedabad, she has a Master’s in conflict resolution and coexistence from Brandeis University, Massachusetts, US and has dedicated herself to the conservation of rainwater by supporting construction of ponds, wells and rain roofwater harvesting structures. The salinity in the ground in Kutch makes the water undrinkable and harnessing the rainwater is the only option. This results in distress migration to cities and towns to work in hazardous situations and also affects the education of children.

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OpenTheMagazine.com, 19 March, 2021, https://openthemagazine.com/cover-stories/water-warriors/


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