Winners for 6th National Water Awards declared today

Ministry of Jal Shakti Winners for 6th National Water Awards declared today Hon’ble President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu to confer the awards on 18th November 2025 Posted On: 11 NOV 2025 1:50PM by PIB Delhi Hon’ble Union minister of Jal Shakti Shri CR Paatil announced the list of winners of 6th National Water Awards, today, at Shram Shakti Bhawan New Delhi. The Department of Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR, RD &GR), under the Ministry of Jal Shakti announced the 46 winners, including joint winners, for the 6th National Water Awards for the year 2024 in 10 categories viz Best State, Best District, Best Village Panchayat, Best Urban Local Body, Best School or College, Best Industry, Best Water User Association, Best Institution (other than school or college), Best Civil Society and Best individual for excellence in water sector. The list of winners is annexed. In the category of Best State, the first prize has been conferred upon Maharashtra, with Gujarat securing the second position, and Haryana securing the third position. Each award winner will be conferred with a citation and a trophy as well as cash prizes in certain categories.The Department of Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR, RD &GR), announced that award distribution ceremony for the 6th National Water Awards, 2024 is going to be held on 18th November, 2025 at 11.30 am at Plenary Hall, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu will be the Chief Guest at the event. Hon’ble Minister of State for the Ministry of Jal Shakti Shri Raj Bhushan Chaudhary, Secretary Department of Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR, RD &GR), Sh V.L. Kantha Rao, Secretary Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation Shri Ashok K.K Meena and other Senior officials of Ministry of Jal Shakti joined the Cabinet Minister in announcing the National Water Awards. The Ministry of Jal Shakti serves as the central ministry entrusted with the responsibility of establishing policy frameworks and implementing programs for the development, preservation, and efficient management of water as a national asset. Under the guidance of Hon'ble Prime Minister, the Ministry of Jal Shakti has been undertaking a comprehensive campaign to spread awareness about water management and water conservation on a national level. From this standpoint and to create awareness among the people about the importance of water and to help motivate people to adopt the best water usage practices, the 1st National Water Awards were launched in 2018 by the DoWR, RD & GR. The 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th National Water Awards were given for the years 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023. The awards were not given in the year 2021 due to CoVID pandemic.For the year 2024, 6th National Water Awards were launched on 23rd October 2024 on Rashtriya Puraskar Portal of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). A total of 751 applications were received. The applications were scrutinised and evaluated by a Jury Committee. The ground truthing of the shortlisted applications was carried out by the Central Water Commission (CWC) and Central Ground Water Board (CGWB). Based on the ground truthing reports, a total of 46 winners, including Joint winners, covering 10 different categories have been selected for the 6th NWA for the year 2024. The National Water Awards (NWAs) focus on the good work and efforts made by individuals and organisations across the country in attaining the government’s vision of a ‘Jal Samridh Bharat’. The awards are for creating awareness among the people about the importance of water and motivating them to adopt best water usage practices. The event provides an occasion for all people and organizations to further cement a strong partnership and people engagement in water resources conservation and management activities. ***Annexure-I 6th National Water Award, 2024 - Winners SN Winner State Rank 1. BEST STATE 1 Maharashtra Maharashtra First 2 Gujarat Gujarat Second 3 Haryana Haryana Third 2. BEST DISTRICT East Zone 4 Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh First West Zone 5 Khargone Madhya Pradesh First North Zone 6 Mirzapur Uttar Pradesh First South Zone 7 Tirunelveli Tamil Nadu First North East Zone 8 Sepahijala Tripura First 3. BEST ULB 9 Navi Mumbai Maharashtra First10 Bhavnagar Gujarat Second 11 Nabadiganta Industrial Township West Bengal Third -Joint Winner 12 Agra Uttar Pradesh Third -Joint Winner 4. BEST INSTITUTION OTHER THAN SCHOOL & COLLEGE Inside-Campus category 13 Indian Institute of Technology, Gujarat First -Joint winner Gandhinagar 14 ICAR – Central Coastal Goa First - Joint winner Agricultural Research Institute, Goa 15 Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Rajasthan Second -Joint winner Pilani 16 Islamic University of Science & Jammu & Kashmir Second -Joint winner Technology, Awantipora 17 Assam Rifles, Manipur Manipur Special Mention Outside-Campus category 18 Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Haryana First -Joint winner Agricultural University, Hisar 19 Regional Chief Conservator of Forests, Odisha First -Joint winner Berhampur Circle SN Winner State Rank 5. BEST WATER USER ASSOCIATION 20 Vettaikaranpudur Canal Odayakulam Tamil Nadu First Village WUA, Coimbatore 21 Kanifnath WUA, Nashik Maharashtra Second22 Kharlan WUA, Sri Ganganagar Rajasthan Third 6. BEST CIVIL SOCIETY 23 Banaskantha District Co-operative milk Gujarat First producers union limited, Banaskantha 24 Ambuja Foundation , Jaipur Rajasthan Second 25 Art of Living, Bengaluru Karnataka Third 7. BEST VILLAGE PANCHAYAT 26 Dubbiganipalli, Annamayya Andhra Pradesh First -Joint winner 27 Payam, Kannur Kerala First -Joint winner 28 Kaweshwar, Khandwa Madhya Pradesh Second -Joint winner 29 Murugummi, Prakasam Andhra Pradesh Second -Joint winner 30 Balapuram, Tiruvallur Tamil Nadu Third - Joint Winner 31 Dumarpani, Kanker Chhattisgarh Third - Joint Winner 8. BEST SCHOOL OR COLLEGE 32 Krishna Public School, Raipur Chhattisgarh First - Joint Winner 33 Army Public School, Kolkata West Bengal First - Joint Winner 34 BHSS, Zainakote, Srinagar Jammu & Kashmir Second 35 Malusanta Govt Nodal Higher Secondary Odisha Third - Joint Winner School, Damanjodi, Koraput 36 Jharkhand Balika Aawasiya Vidyalaya Jharkhand Third - Joint Winner (JBAV) Rahe, Ranchi37 Mount Abu Public School, Rohini, Delhi Delhi Special Mention 38 Maharaja Agarsain Public School, Ashok Delhi Special Mention Vihar, Delhi 39 Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Model School, Kerala Special Mention Thiruvananthapuram 9. BEST INDUSTRY 40 Apollo Tyres Limited, Kanchipuram Tamil Nadu First 41 Hero MotoCorp Limited, Gurugram Haryana Second 42 Jhajjar Power Limited, Jhajjar Haryana Third SN Winner State Rank 10. BEST INDIVIDUAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN WATER SECTOR East Zone 43 Shri Kishore Jaiswal Bihar First West Zone 44 Shri Bajrang Lal Jaithu Rajasthan First North Zone 45 Shri Mohan Chandra Kandpal Uttarakhand First South Zone 46 Shri Podili Rajasekhara Raju Andhra Pradesh First*** ND (Release ID: 2188704) Visitor Counter : 2988 Read this release in: Tamil , Urdu , ही , Marathi , Gujarati , Telugu