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{{Infobox Person
| name              = Sachidanand Bharti
| name              = Sachidanand Bharti
| occupation        = [[Environmentalist]], [[Head teacher|Principal]]
| occupation        = [[Environmentalist]], [[Head teacher|Principal]]
| birth_place        = [[Gadkhark]], [[Pauri Garhwal]], [[Uttarakhand]]
| birth_place        = [[Gadkhark Malla|Gadkhark]], [[Pauri Garhwal district|Pauri Garhwal]], [[Uttarakhand]]
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|11|05}}
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|11|05}}
| image              = Sachidanand Bharti.jpg
| image              = Sachidanand Bharti.jpg
| nationality        = [[India|Indian]]
| birth_name        = Sachidanand Dhaundiyal
| birth_name        = Sachidanand Dhoundiyal
| religion          = [[Hindu]]
}}
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Sachidanand Bharati ({{Lang-hi|सच्चिदानंद भारती}}) is a popular environmentalist activist, philanthropist and teacher from the northern Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]]. The first reason for his notability is tree plantation for which he was first influenced by the nearby movement. For conservation efforts, he received National Water Award, Swamiram Manavta Puraskar, Kedar Singh Rawat Environment Protection Award, etc. Honors, D.Litt degree from [[Uttarakhand Open University]] and aired for Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]'s Dachara program [[Mann Ki Baat]] on [[All India Radio]]. One episode that happened deserves special mention.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Jun 28 |first1=Shivani Azad / TNN / Updated |last2=2021 |last3=Ist |first3=10:46 |title=PM Modi lauds Uttarakhand environmentalist Sachidanand Bharti for his water conservation efforts in hills {{!}} Dehradun News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/modi-lauds-uttarakhand-environmentalist-sachidanand-bharti-for-his-water-conservation-efforts-in-hills/articleshow/83900918.cms |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=The Times of India |date=28 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bharatvarsh |first=TV9 |date=2021-06-27 |title=Uttarakhand: PM मोदी ने 'मन की बात' में की सच्चिदानंद भारती की तारीफ- अपनी कड़ी मेहनत से सूखी पहाड़ियों को बनाया हरा-भरा, खत्म किया पानी का संकट |url=https://www.tv9hindi.com/state/uttarakhand/paurdi-garhwal-sachidanand-bharati-made-dry-hills-green-or-solve-water-problem-712882.html |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=TV9 Bharatvarsh |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Devy |first1=G. N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jsRcCgAAQBAJ&dq=Sachidanand+Bharti&pg=PA212 |title=Knowing Differently: The Challenge of the Indigenous |last2=Davis |first2=Geoffrey V. |last3=Chakravarty |first3=K. K. |date=2015-08-12 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-32569-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=पर्यावरणविद सच्चिदानंद भारती को स्वामीराम मानवता पुरूस्कार |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttarakhand/rishikesh/sachchidanand-bharti-received-swamiram-humanity-award-rishikesh-news-drn361934153 |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=सच्चिदानंद भारती को भगीरथ प्रयास सम्मान से नवाजा |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttarakhand/pauri/honour-to-sachidanand-bharti-hindi-news |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-27 |title=Mann ki Baat: 'पाणी राखो आंदोलन' चलाने वाले भारती ने ऐसे लौटाई हरियाली, पीएम मोदी ने की तारीफ |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttarakhand/dehradun-sachidanand-bharti-pani-bachao-andolan-returned-greenery-pm-modi-mentioned-nodssp-3636321.html |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bharatvarsh |first=TV9 |date=2021-06-27 |title=Uttarakhand: PM मोदी ने 'मन की बात' में की सच्चिदानंद भारती की तारीफ- अपनी कड़ी मेहनत से सूखी पहाड़ियों को बनाया हरा-भरा, खत्म किया पानी का संकट |url=https://www.tv9hindi.com/state/uttarakhand/paurdi-garhwal-sachidanand-bharati-made-dry-hills-green-or-solve-water-problem-712882.html |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=TV9 Bharatvarsh |language=hi}}</ref>
'''Sachidanand Bharati''' ({{Langx|hi|सच्चिदानंद भारती}}) is an Indian [[Natural environment|environmentalist]] activist, philanthropist, and [[teacher]] from the Indian state of [[Uttarakhand]]. He is the founder and [[secretary]] of the [[Ufrainkhal]]-based voluntary organisation named '''Dudhatoli Lok Vikas Sansthan (DLVS)'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=English rendering of PM’s address in the 78th Episode of ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on 27.06.2021 |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1730647}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Participatory processes for integrated watershed management |url=https://www.fao.org/4/X5269E/X5269e04.htm |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=www.fao.org}}</ref>


Sachchidanand Bharti was born in the year 1955 in village Gadkhark, Uffrainkhal, in the inner Rath region of Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand.
==Early life==
'''Sachidanand Bharti''' was born in the year 1955 in the village of Badhkar, [[Dudhatoli]], in the district of [[Pauri Garhwal district|Pauri Garhwal]], which is located in the state of [[Uttarakhand]], India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sachidanand Bharati {{!}} Ashoka {{!}} Everyone a Changemaker |url=https://www.ashoka.org/en/fellow/sachidanand-bharati |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=www.ashoka.org |language=en-ca}}</ref>


After receiving primary education in village schools, he came to Gopeshwar in 1974 for higher education. He formed Yuva Nirman Samiti to promote creative works and ideas among the students in Post Graduate College, in the same period the famous [[Chipko movement]] was born there. And as a conscious student, he joined Chipko.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sachidanand Bharati {{!}} Ashoka {{!}} Everyone a Changemaker |url=https://www.ashoka.org/en/fellow/sachidanand-bharati |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=www.ashoka.org |language=en-us}}</ref>
=== Education  and career ===
Bharati, completed his elementary education at local institutions. In the mid-70s, he studied at Gopeshwar College, in Chamoli district. During his college years, he founded "''Yuva Nirman Samiti''" along with his friends to foster creative works and ideas among students at Post Graduate College.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Homepage - Sant Eshwer Samman |url=https://www.santeshwer.org/index.html |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=www.santeshwer.org}}</ref> He finished his college studies in 1979.


In the year 1976, Dasholi Village Swarajya Mandal organized a 45-day long tree plantation camp to prevent landslides in Joshimath. Mr. Bharti along with his one hundred young friends stayed in this camp for the whole 45 days. Today there is a very dense forest. Meanwhile, he formed the "Dalu Ka Dagdiya" (Friends of Trees) congregation on 4 August 1978 with the aim of developing friendship towards trees and plants. who are still active today. After completing his higher education in 1979, he returned to his village Uffrainkhal and worked as a teacher in the village school and started working for solving the forest and environmental problems of the area. And in the year 1979, to stop the deforestation of this area, Mr. Sachidanand Bharti succeeded in conserving the forests by organizing people. Then from this place the work of promotion of forests started. Bharti organized an environmental camp. In this way, in July 1980, the first environmental camp was completed in Dudhatoli area.
In 1982, he returned to his home hamlet of Ufrainkhal from Chamoli, where he worked as a teacher at Ufrainkhal Inter College and began working to solve the area's forest and environmental concerns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sachidanand Bharti - Civil Society Magazine |url=https://www.civilsocietyonline.com/mega-hall-of-fame/sachidanand-bharti/ |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=www.civilsocietyonline.com}}</ref>


At the end of the camp, everyone went to the nearby forest area and planted saplings. In order to run this work systematically, in 1982, he formed an organization 'Dudhatoli Lok Vikas Sansthan' Some things were decided at the time of establishment itself.
== Environmental activism ==
In 1974, Bharati, in his college years, was inspired by environmentalist [[Chandi Prasad Bhatt]] and joined the [[Chipko movement|Chipko]] movement that had just begun.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sachidanand Bharati {{!}} Ashoka {{!}} Everyone a Changemaker |url=https://www.ashoka.org/en/fellow/sachidanand-bharati |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=www.ashoka.org |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-06-28 |title=PM Modi lauds Uttarakhand environmentalist Sachidanand Bharti for his water conservation efforts in hills |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/modi-lauds-uttarakhand-environmentalist-sachidanand-bharti-for-his-water-conservation-efforts-in-hills/articleshow/83900918.cms |access-date=2023-08-18 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>


If the work of environment promotion has to be done in our area, then full care will be taken that the basis of the organization should be the local people and indigenous resources. If you want to do afforestation, then you will have to prepare the plants you need yourself. That's why nurseries were made in villages and schools.
Dasholi Village Swarajya Mandal organised a 45-day tree planting programme in 1976 to avert landslides in Joshimath. Mr. Bharti and his 100 young buddies remained at this camp for the whole 45 days.<ref>{{Cite web |title=पर्यावरणविद सच्चिदानंद भारती को स्वामीराम मानवता पुरूस्कार |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttarakhand/rishikesh/sachchidanand-bharti-received-swamiram-humanity-award-rishikesh-news-drn361934153 |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref>


Environmental camps became the basis of the action plan. Efforts were made to involve men, women and children from five to ten nearby villages. Since the main subjects of the camps used to be grass, forest, water, farming etc., gradually women got associated with them. Then, from the discussions held in these camps, it was also decided that every village should have its own forest. It should also be made intensive so that the convenience of women for fuel, fodder etc. can be increased. In this way, after each camp, new organizations of women emerged in those villages. These women are called Mangal Dal.
And in 1979, to halt the destruction of this region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=पर्यावरणविद सच्चिदानंद भारती को स्वामीराम मानवता पुरूस्कार |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttarakhand/rishikesh/sachchidanand-bharti-received-swamiram-humanity-award-rishikesh-news-drn361934153 |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-27 |title=Mann ki Baat: 'पाणी राखो आंदोलन' चलाने वाले भारती ने ऐसे लौटाई हरियाली, पीएम मोदी ने की तारीफ |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttarakhand/dehradun-sachidanand-bharti-pani-bachao-andolan-returned-greenery-pm-modi-mentioned-nodssp-3636321.html |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref>


Beginning in 1989, Sachchidanand Bharti started understanding the tradition of water along with forests in his area. That's why, with some mutual conversation, some style, some experiment, combine the work of water conservation in the mountains with the promotion of forests. This is called Pani Rakho Andolan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=चिपको के 50 साल: एक जगह जुटे चिपको के योद्धा और याद हो आया वह अनोखा युद्ध |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/uttarakhand/dehradun/chipko-andolan-50-years-know-the-story-of-this-movement/articleshow/96585014.cms |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref> In Dudhatoli area, the work of making chawls started from Uffrainkhal, from Gadkhark village. Today, in about 150 villages of this entire region, more than 30,000 chawls / skins have been prepared, which are filled with water throughout the year due to which the problem of water in the surrounding villages and the problem of fire in the forests are quite significant. It has gone too far. Ever since the work of water, chaal and skin started in Dudhatoli, since then the forests here have been protected from fire. Due to the chawls made in all the village forests, there is moisture in them even in the hot summer season and due to this greenery remains, fire does not take place. The Sukharaula river, which originates from the Uffrainkhal forest, used to swell during the rains and then dry up in November itself. That's why it was named Sukhareela. Here from 1990 to 1998, there must have been a thousand water ponds - every single drop of water accumulated in all of them changed the character of Sukharaula. Even on dry days there was water in it. The name of the village was Gadkharak and the new river became Gadganga. Today Gadganga flows throughout the year. This work of Sachchidanand Bharati has therefore been made with great patience. In this, the target number, figures or money, not of rupees, has been used quietly. Protecting the forests raised like their own children, taking care of the essence of the tricks and skins, today in about 150 villages of the region, they are running with great rules and self-discipline. In such a situation, conservation of soil and water becomes a work of few centuries, not of two-four years. Not only in Uttarakhand, the seeds of improvement of all hilly areas are hidden in it. In the year 2001, Shri K.K. C. Sudarshan ji visited Ufrainkhal and inspected the works done by Bharti ji. Sudarshan ji saw the work done by Bharti ji in association with local people and Mahila Mangal Dals to save water and forests and appreciated the work.
In this way, in July 1980, the first environmental camp was completed in the Dudhatoli area.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Devy |first1=G. N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jsRcCgAAQBAJ&dq=Sachidanand+Bharti&pg=PA212 |title=Knowing Differently: The Challenge of the Indigenous |last2=Davis |first2=Geoffrey V. |last3=Chakravarty |first3=K. K. |date=2015-08-12 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-32569-7 |language=en}}</ref>


Last year on June 27, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned Sachidanand Bharti in the Mann Ki Baat program. He said that if any work is done with true devotion and dedication then it can be successful. The way teacher Sachchidanand Bharti of Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand has done important work in water conservation, his efforts can be taken forward. Referring to the success of Sachchidanand Bharti, PM Modi said that earlier there was scarcity of water in the hilly areas of Uttarakhand, but Sachchidanand Bharti has made significant efforts in conserving water through his efforts, which is a commendable step.
In 1987, he started a platform named the Friends of Trees, "''Daliyon Ka Dagda''" with the goal of planting trees and spreading the word about conservation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=rirakesh |date=2017-04-28 |title=Reviving History and Quenching Thirst in the hills of Uttarakhand |url=https://himalayandesk.wordpress.com/2017/04/28/reviving-history-and-quenching-thirst-in-the-hills-of-uttarakhand/ |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=Himalayan Desk |language=en}}</ref>
 
=== Keep the Water Movement (''Paani Rakho Andolan'') ===
In 1989, Bharti began learning about the water and forest traditions in his region. After witnessing the issue of forest fires and droughts in the lower Himalayas, he took the initiative to establish small ponds called '''chaal''' in Dudhatoli. This endeavour subsequently gained traction and expanded to encompass 30 villages.{{fact|date=July 2024}}
 
During the early 1990s, the Doodhatoli group conducted a series of experiments with different forms and sizes of chaals. Between the years 1993 and 1998, Bharati and his group initiated digging of chaals in the vicinity of hill slopes. To presdatearati's team has successfully constructed a total of 12,000 chaals throughout 136 villages. Additionally, a substantial number of women actively participated in the construction of the chaals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sachidanand Bharti - Civil Society Magazine |url=https://www.civilsocietyonline.com/mega-hall-of-fame/sachidanand-bharti/ |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=www.civilsocietyonline.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=चिपको के 50 साल: एक जगह जुटे चिपको के योद्धा और याद हो आया वह अनोखा युद्ध |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/uttarakhand/dehradun/chipko-andolan-50-years-know-the-story-of-this-movement/articleshow/96585014.cms |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=rirakesh |date=2017-04-28 |title=Reviving History and Quenching Thirst in the hills of Uttarakhand |url=https://himalayandesk.wordpress.com/2017/04/28/reviving-history-and-quenching-thirst-in-the-hills-of-uttarakhand/ |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=Himalayan Desk |language=en}}</ref>
 
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed Sachidanand Bharti in the Mann Ki Baat programme last year on 27 June 2021. He said that any endeavour that is done with sincere attention and effort may be effective.<ref>{{Cite web |title=मन की बात में प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी ने सच्चिदानंद कों पर्यावरण की सेवा के लिए बधाई दी|url=https://www.newsncr.com/national/uttarakhand-pm-modi-praised-sachchidanand-bharti-in-mann-ki-baat-made-dry-hills-green-with-his-hard-work-ended-water-crisis/|access-date=2022-06-27|website=newsncr.com|language=hi}}</ref>
 
Teacher Sachchidanand Bharti of Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal area has done major work in water conservation, and his efforts may be continued. In reference to Sachchidanand Bharti's accomplishment, PM Modi said that there was a shortage of water in the steep districts of Uttarakhand before, but Sachchidanand Bharti has made substantial efforts to preserve water through his efforts, which is a laudable move.<ref>{{Cite web |title=सच्चिदानंद भारती को भगीरथ प्रयास सम्मान से नवाजा |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttarakhand/pauri/honour-to-sachidanand-bharti-hindi-news |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=Amar Ujala |language=hi}}</ref>


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
 
Bharti has earned the National Water Award, the Swamiram Manavta Puraskar, the Kedar Singh Rawat Environment Protection Award, and other honours for his conservation efforts. He also obtained a D.Litt. degree from [[Uttarakhand Open University]] and appeared on Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]'s Dachara programme [[Mann Ki Baat]] on [[All India Radio]]. One particular incident warrants special note.<ref>{{Cite news |first1=Shivani |last= Azad |agency=TNN |date=28 June 2021 |title=PM Modi lauds Uttarakhand environmentalist Sachidanand Bharti for his water conservation efforts in hills |department=Dehradun News |language=en |website=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/modi-lauds-uttarakhand-environmentalist-sachidanand-bharti-for-his-water-conservation-efforts-in-hills/articleshow/83900918.cms |access-date=2022-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bharatvarsh |first=TV9 |date=2021-06-27 |title=Uttarakhand: PM मोदी ने 'मन की बात' में की सच्चिदानंद भारती की तारीफ- अपनी कड़ी मेहनत से सूखी पहाड़ियों को बनाया हरा-भरा, खत्म किया पानी का संकट |url=https://www.tv9hindi.com/state/uttarakhand/paurdi-garhwal-sachidanand-bharati-made-dry-hills-green-or-solve-water-problem-712882.html |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=TV9 Bharatvarsh |language=hi}}</ref>
* [[Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar]], Government of India<ref>{{Cite web |title=ENVIS Centre, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India |url=http://wwfenvis.nic.in/Database/IGPPAwardeesList_5624.aspx?format=PrintDr |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=wwfenvis.nic.in}}</ref>
* [[Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar]], Government of India<ref>{{Cite web |title=ENVIS Centre, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India |url=http://wwfenvis.nic.in/Database/IGPPAwardeesList_5624.aspx?format=PrintDr |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=wwfenvis.nic.in}}</ref>
* Mahatma Gandhi National Award, Government of Madhya Pradesh<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-10-22 |title=A people's forest |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/a-peoples-forest/article2562120.ece |access-date=2023-01-11 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Editorial |date=2021-06-27 |title=bumper production of mango in jharkhand, horticulture crops flourished during corona period |url=https://www.newsncr.com/national/bumper-production-of-mango-in-jharkhand-horticulture-crops-flourished-during-corona-period/ |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=News NCR |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Mahatma Gandhi National Award, Government of Madhya Pradesh<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-10-22 |title=A people's forest |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/a-peoples-forest/article2562120.ece |access-date=2023-01-11 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* Bhagirath Prayas Samman World Wide Fund
* Bhagirath Prayas Samman World Wide Fund
* Paryavaran Rakshak Award - Panjanya and Organization, India Publication
* Paryavaran Rakshak Award - Panjanya and Organization, India Publication
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* Uttarakhand Green Award
* Uttarakhand Green Award
* National Water Awards, New Delhi
* National Water Awards, New Delhi
* Timesboat Winner, New Delhi
* Times boat Winner, New Delhi
 
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Latest revision as of 05:35, 23 February 2026


Sachidanand Bharti
Born
Sachidanand Dhaundiyal

(1955-11-05) 5 November 1955 (age 70)
Gadkhark, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand
OccupationEnvironmentalist, Principal

Sachidanand Bharati (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is an Indian environmentalist activist, philanthropist, and teacher from the Indian state of Uttarakhand. He is the founder and secretary of the Ufrainkhal-based voluntary organisation named Dudhatoli Lok Vikas Sansthan (DLVS).[1][2]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Sachidanand Bharti was born in the year 1955 in the village of Badhkar, Dudhatoli, in the district of Pauri Garhwal, which is located in the state of Uttarakhand, India.[3]

Education and career[edit | edit source]

Bharati, completed his elementary education at local institutions. In the mid-70s, he studied at Gopeshwar College, in Chamoli district. During his college years, he founded "Yuva Nirman Samiti" along with his friends to foster creative works and ideas among students at Post Graduate College.[4] He finished his college studies in 1979.

In 1982, he returned to his home hamlet of Ufrainkhal from Chamoli, where he worked as a teacher at Ufrainkhal Inter College and began working to solve the area's forest and environmental concerns.[5]

Environmental activism[edit | edit source]

In 1974, Bharati, in his college years, was inspired by environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt and joined the Chipko movement that had just begun.[6][7]

Dasholi Village Swarajya Mandal organised a 45-day tree planting programme in 1976 to avert landslides in Joshimath. Mr. Bharti and his 100 young buddies remained at this camp for the whole 45 days.[8]

And in 1979, to halt the destruction of this region.[9][10]

In this way, in July 1980, the first environmental camp was completed in the Dudhatoli area.[11]

In 1987, he started a platform named the Friends of Trees, "Daliyon Ka Dagda" with the goal of planting trees and spreading the word about conservation.[12]

Keep the Water Movement (Paani Rakho Andolan)[edit | edit source]

In 1989, Bharti began learning about the water and forest traditions in his region. After witnessing the issue of forest fires and droughts in the lower Himalayas, he took the initiative to establish small ponds called chaal in Dudhatoli. This endeavour subsequently gained traction and expanded to encompass 30 villages.[citation needed]

During the early 1990s, the Doodhatoli group conducted a series of experiments with different forms and sizes of chaals. Between the years 1993 and 1998, Bharati and his group initiated digging of chaals in the vicinity of hill slopes. To presdatearati's team has successfully constructed a total of 12,000 chaals throughout 136 villages. Additionally, a substantial number of women actively participated in the construction of the chaals.[13][14][15]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed Sachidanand Bharti in the Mann Ki Baat programme last year on 27 June 2021. He said that any endeavour that is done with sincere attention and effort may be effective.[16]

Teacher Sachchidanand Bharti of Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal area has done major work in water conservation, and his efforts may be continued. In reference to Sachchidanand Bharti's accomplishment, PM Modi said that there was a shortage of water in the steep districts of Uttarakhand before, but Sachchidanand Bharti has made substantial efforts to preserve water through his efforts, which is a laudable move.[17]

Awards[edit | edit source]

Bharti has earned the National Water Award, the Swamiram Manavta Puraskar, the Kedar Singh Rawat Environment Protection Award, and other honours for his conservation efforts. He also obtained a D.Litt. degree from Uttarakhand Open University and appeared on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Dachara programme Mann Ki Baat on All India Radio. One particular incident warrants special note.[18][19]

  • Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar, Government of India[20]
  • Mahatma Gandhi National Award, Government of Madhya Pradesh[21]
  • Bhagirath Prayas Samman World Wide Fund
  • Paryavaran Rakshak Award - Panjanya and Organization, India Publication
  • Urav Deoras Samman, Lucknow
  • Sanskriti Puraskar, New Delhi
  • Swami Ram Humanity Award
  • Uttarakhand Green Award
  • National Water Awards, New Delhi
  • Times boat Winner, New Delhi

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "English rendering of PM's address in the 78th Episode of 'Mann Ki Baat' on 27.06.2021".
  2. ↑ "Participatory processes for integrated watershed management". www.fao.org. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "Sachidanand Bharati | Ashoka | Everyone a Changemaker". www.ashoka.org. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ↑ "Homepage - Sant Eshwer Samman". www.santeshwer.org. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Sachidanand Bharti - Civil Society Magazine". www.civilsocietyonline.com. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Sachidanand Bharati | Ashoka | Everyone a Changemaker". www.ashoka.org. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "PM Modi lauds Uttarakhand environmentalist Sachidanand Bharti for his water conservation efforts in hills". The Times of India. 28 June 2021. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "पर्यावरणविद सच्चिदानंद भारती को स्वामीराम मानवता पुरूस्कार". Amar Ujala (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "पर्यावरणविद सच्चिदानंद भारती को स्वामीराम मानवता पुरूस्कार". Amar Ujala (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  10. ↑ "Mann ki Baat: 'पाणी राखो आंदोलन' चलाने वाले भारती ने ऐसे लौटाई हरियाली, पीएम मोदी ने की तारीफ". News18 हिंदी (in हिन्दी). 27 June 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  11. ↑ Devy, G. N.; Davis, Geoffrey V.; Chakravarty, K. K. (12 August 2015). Knowing Differently: The Challenge of the Indigenous. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-32569-7.
  12. ↑ rirakesh (28 April 2017). "Reviving History and Quenching Thirst in the hills of Uttarakhand". Himalayan Desk. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Sachidanand Bharti - Civil Society Magazine". www.civilsocietyonline.com. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  14. ↑ "चिपको के 50 साल: एक जगह जुटे चिपको के योद्धा और याद हो आया वह अनोखा युद्ध". Navbharat Times (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  15. ↑ rirakesh (28 April 2017). "Reviving History and Quenching Thirst in the hills of Uttarakhand". Himalayan Desk. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  16. ↑ "मन की बात में प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी ने सच्चिदानंद कों पर्यावरण की सेवा के लिए बधाई दी". newsncr.com (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  17. ↑ "सच्चिदानंद भारती को भगीरथ प्रयास सम्मान से नवाजा". Amar Ujala (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  18. ↑ Azad, Shivani (28 June 2021). "PM Modi lauds Uttarakhand environmentalist Sachidanand Bharti for his water conservation efforts in hills". Dehradun News. The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  19. ↑ Bharatvarsh, TV9 (27 June 2021). "Uttarakhand: PM मोदी ने 'मन की बात' में की सच्चिदानंद भारती की तारीफ- अपनी कड़ी मेहनत से सूखी पहाड़ियों को बनाया हरा-भरा, खत्म किया पानी का संकट". TV9 Bharatvarsh (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 21 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ↑ "ENVIS Centre, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India". wwfenvis.nic.in. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  21. ↑ "A people's forest". The Hindu. 22 October 2011. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
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