The BJS, in partnership with Khan, wants to increase their participation in the JSA from the present three talukas to over 30 talukas by next year.
Film actor Aamir Khan's not-for-profit organisation Paani Foundation has decided to join hands with the Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana (BJS) to participate in the initiatives of the Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan (JSA), the state government's flagship anti-drought programme. The first meeting of more than 700 volunteers of the BJS is slated to be held at Pune's Modern College hall on Sunday (Oct 16).
The BJS, in partnership with Khan, wants to increase their participation in the JSA from the present three talukas to over 30 talukas by next year.
Paani Foundation is a not-for-profit company set up by Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao in early 2016 in order to work towards creating a drought-free Maharashtra. The Foundation's team comprises of the core team members of Khan's television show Satyamev Jayate. The CEO is Satyajit Bhatkal (director of Satyamev Jayate) and the COO is Reena Dutta.
Khan, along with Bhatkal, would present the entire plan for the next year during the Pune convention.
The plans of Paani Foundation include training five persons per village in 30,000 drought-prone villages in Maharashtra to work on watershed management. It will also create a digital platform that will enable people to access technical information from peers and from experts, access funds through crowd sourcing, access help from the government, and access mentors and volunteers.
The JSA is one of the country's most ambitious projects to make the state drought-free. It involves deepening and widening of streams, construction of cement and earthen stop dams, work on nullahs and digging of farm ponds. The project aims to make 5000 villages free of water scarcity every year.
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