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Watershed project bags award

By Our Special Correspondent

JAIPUR, OCT. 28. Rajasthan has bagged the prestigious India Tech Excellence Award-2004 for successful implementation of a watershed project in Mangaliawas village of Ajmer district.

The project has been hailed as an example of sustainable development based on the watershed approach and community participation.

The Minister of State for Energy, Gajendra Singh, will receive the award on behalf of the State during the 6th International Infrastructure Business Summit and Expo-2004 in Mumbai shortly.

The award is given every year by Mumbai-based India Tech Foundation for excellence in the infrastructure sector to the best performing State.

Official sources said here today that the non-Government organisations, which participated in the project's implementation, had come forward to take responsibility for maintenance of assets created in the village.

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