President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, conferred the 5th National Water Awards, 2023 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. 38 winners, including joint winners across 09 categories were awarded for their exemplary work in the field of water conservation and management.
- Odisha state, the first winner in the state category, has made exemplary strides in water conservation by creating about 53,000 water conservation & rain water harvesting structures.
- Uttar Pradesh, the second winner in the state category, under Jal Jeevan Mission over 1.91 crore households constituting 72.78% of the total rural houses in UP have been provided with tap water.
- Winners in best District category: BANDA (UTTAR PRADESH) from North Zone (joint winner)-, NDORE (MADHYA PRADESH) from west zone; VISAKHAPATNAM (ANDHRA PRADESH) from south zone ; BALANGIR (ODISHA) from EAST ZONE; DHALAI (TRIPURA) from North East zone.
