Fulora Foundation was awarded the Best Social Enterprise for providing 1.57 crore litres of water to drought hit Beed
The campaign christened Jal-Aadhar provided water tankers on a daily basis for more than 30 villages in the district for 2 months. The activity was the brainchild of Mayank Gandhi, former India against Corruption Leader and the former member of the national executive of the Aam Aadmi Party in charge of Maharashtra.
Says Mayank Gandhi, “By providing tankers we are only applying a temporary bandage to the drought issue. Our country needs a 360 degree Rural Transformation to rejuvenate itself and become drought free. We have selected a cluster of 15 villages in Parli Taluka of Beed District to implement a model that can be replicated across the country. The Project named ‘Global Parli’ will seek to implement permanent water conservation methods, better crop management, initiate cottage industries, better education and other facets that can ignite a reverse migration to villages. As we thank all our donors and well wishers who made Jal-Aadhar possible, we would like to invite people to join us in our endeavor to rejuvenate the villages of India.”
The award was presented by Sandra Shroff – VP, United Phosphorus (UPL) and Dr. Lalit Kanodia, Founder and Chairman, Datamatics Global Services Limited.