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3 Lakh Citizens Join Maharashtra Water Conservation Walkathon Across 36 Districts
3 Lakh Citizens Join Maharashtra Water Conservation Walkathon Across 36 Districts
More than three lakh citizens participated in the ‘Maha Walkathon, Walk for Water’ held simultaneously across all 36 districts of Maharashtra on a single day. Each participant walked three kilometres to spread…
More than three lakh citizens participated in the ‘Maha Walkathon, Walk for Water’ held simultaneously across all 36 districts of Maharashtra on a single day. Each participant walked three kilometres to spread the message of water conservation. Soil and Water Conservation Minister Sanjay Rathod said the response reflected growing public awareness and willingness to join conservation efforts.
The walkathon was inaugurated at Worli in Mumbai, with students, youth, women, farmers and government employees among the participants. Rathod said the state is implementing schemes including Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan 2.0, Amrit Sarovar and the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchay Yojana. A 15-month ‘Water Conservation Campaign’ will run from August 15, 2026 to January 26, 2027, focusing on watershed development and groundwater recharge. Rathod appealed to citizens to carry the message beyond the one-day event to every village and household.
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Maharashtra has run large-scale water missions before, but mass-mobilisation events like the walkathon are rare. The state’s Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan, launched in 2015 under then-chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, treated over 11,000 villages through watershed work before being retooled as version 2.0. The accompanying 15-month campaign starting August 2026 signals that the government is now prioritising publicity alongside engineering. Whether that converts awareness into sustained local action, especially in drought-prone Marathwada and Vidarbha, will be measured by the next seasonal groundwater monitoring report from the state Groundwater Surveys and Development Agency.
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