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Amla Ruia
Ruia in 2025
Born
Uttar Pradesh, India
OccupationsEntrepreneur, Water Activist and Educationist

Amla Ashok Ruia (born 1946) is an Indian environmentalist known for her work in water harvesting. She is also  known as the Water Mother of India.[1] In 2003, She founded the Aakar Charitable Trust to support drought prone rural areas by increasing the groundwater level through traditional water harvesting techniques in rural India.[2] Her work transformed the lives of over 18 lakh villagers in Rajasthan and other Rural area, which were affected by severe water scarcity and poverty.[3]

Early life

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Ruia was born in the state of Uttar Pradesh in 1946.[4][5]  She began engaging with community issues from young age.The droughts in Rajasthan from 1998 to 2000 and 2003 deeply affected her, and led her to focus on water conservation.[6] She set up the Aakar Charitable Trust (ACT) to help villages in constructing check dams and preservtion to access water.[7][8]

Career

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In 2006, she initiated a movement that begun with her first check dam in Mundawara, Rajasthan. Within three years, local farmers were able to earn Rs.12 crores from barren land via the two check dams built by Aakar Charitable Trust.[9] This resulted in a number of successful stories in other villages, many of which have been labeled 'Crorepati Villages.[10][11][9]

In 2017, Aakar Charitable Trust had built more than 200 check dams in more than 115 villages in Rajasthan, with flow-on effects to almost 200 other villages.[12][13][14] The Trust provides 60-70% of the resources required to construct each check dam, while the village where the dam is sited provides 30-40% of resources, participates in its construction, and is responsible for its maintenance.[8][12] and in that area groundwater recharge improved soil health and revived seasonal water bodies. Check dams help manage both droughts and floods with lower environmental impact than large dams. Reduced pump use cuts fuel and emissions.[15] In saline areas, water quality was improved, and ponds were built where check dams were not feasible.[16]

The check dams allow the aquifers to be replenished during the monsoon, so that bore wells and hand-pumps are recharged.[12] Villagers have been able to grow up to three crops per year and keep livestock.[9][8][12] Ruia estimates that the resulting increased income gives a 750% return on the investment in the check dams.[8] Girls are able to attend school, as they no longer need to help their mothers carry water from long distances,[12] and students can undertake tertiary education.[8] Ruia is popularly known as Paani Mata ("Water Mother").[9][17]

By June 2025, through her NGO, Aakar Charitable Trust, she has constructed 1,308 water bodies consisting of 814 check dams and 494 ponds on highly degraded, water-deficient arid lands spread over 11 Indian states. This work over the years has converted thousands of acres of arid land into irrigated farmlands yielding three crops per year.[18] This, along with animal husbandry, is providing the beneficiary society an net income of Rs. 3,475 crores year after year.[11] The work impacted to 1,258 villages in 11 states, and brought significant improvements to the deprived rural communities in India. For the last three years, with Aakar Charitable Trust, she has built over 300 water bodies in rural areas annually.[11]

Amla and her team have extended their efforts in other states Madhya Pradesh,[9][19] Maharashtra,[9][19] Odisha, Uttar Pradesh[19] and the Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.[9][19][20]

Awards

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  • In 2025 Jamnalal Bajaj Award By CFBP for the Development and Welfare of Women and Children.
  • In 2025 Vishalakshi Award (Art Of Living) by President Murmu for her  contribution to sustainable Rural Development.
  • In 2025 Grihshobha Inspire Awards for her work in water conservation.[21]
  • In 2019 Parmarth Ratna Puraskar by Parmarth Seva Samiti for her contribution to Elevating water scarcity.[22]
  • In 2018, she received the India Eye International Human Rights Observer Achievement Award 2018.[23]
  • In 2016, she was nominated for the Women of Worth Social Award category.[24]
  • In 2015 Devi Award by The Indian Express Group For being a Water Mother to a hundred villages.[25]
  • In 2011, Ruia was awarded a Lakshmipat Singhania - IIM Lucknow National Leadership Award in the category of Community Service and Social Upliftment.[26][27]
  • In 2008 FICCI FLO IWAAF Award by FICCI for her contribution to rural women welfare .[28]

Personal life

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She currently lives in Malabar Hill, Mumbai, Maharashtra.[29]

References

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  1. ^ "All of 18, this girl has some solid ideas on water conservation". The Indian Express. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  2. ^ Rebbapragada, Pallavi (17 January 2016). "Behind Every Successful Woman, There is a Story". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Meet India's 'Water Mother' Who Helped Provide Water to Over 300 villages in Arid Region | Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology". fore.yale.edu. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Mission Paani: Meet Amla Ruia, the Conservationist Who Helped Solve Water Crisis in Rajasthan Villages". News18. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  5. ^ "About the Trust". Aakar Charitable Trust. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  6. ^ "66th Ashok Ruia Memorial National Bridge Championships: Aditi Jhaveri And Marianne Karmarkar Emerge Champions". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  7. ^ "Healing Drought - BusinessToday". Business Today. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  8. ^ a b c d e Dey, Anindo (23 September 2012). "Water idea, sir ji!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g "'Water Mother' Amla Ruia, transformed over 100 villages of Rajasthan using traditional water harvesting". Vishwa Samvad Kendra. NewsBharati. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Mission Paani: Meet Amla Ruia, the Conservationist Who Helped Solve Water Crisis in Rajasthan Villages". News18. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  11. ^ a b c https://indiaeducationdiary.in/aakar-charitable-trust-combats-rural-drought-by-raising-the-ground-water-table-through-sustainable-water-solutions-in-the-water-deficient-parts-of-india/
  12. ^ a b c d e Peerzeda, Aamir Rafiq (12 September 2017). "Meet India's dam-building grandmother". BBC News. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  13. ^ Kumar, Pavan Manikanta (5 August 2018). "Meet The Woman Who Rescued 2 Lakh Villagers From Poverty And Tripled Their Revenue In 10 Years". The Logical Indian. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Women of Worth: About the Nominee - Amla Ruia". Women Of Worth. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  15. ^ "Mission Paani: Meet Amla Ruia, the Conservationist Who Helped Solve Water Crisis in Rajasthan Villages". News18. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  16. ^ "Tejasvini: Interaction with Amla Ashok Ruia, an Indian social activist known for her outstanding work in water harvesting". ddnews.gov.in. Archived from the original on 24 April 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  17. ^ "One Woman Made 100 Villages in Rajasthan Fertile Using Traditional Water Harvesting Methods". The Better India. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  18. ^ "Healing Drought - BusinessToday". Business Today. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  19. ^ a b c d Kumar, Pavan Manikanta (5 August 2018). "Meet The Woman Who Rescued 2 Lakh Villagers From Poverty And Tripled Their Revenue In 10 Years". The Logical Indian. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  20. ^ Jayakumar, P.B. (8 October 2017). "Healing Drought". Business Today. India. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  21. ^ PR, ANI (21 March 2025). "Grihshobha Inspire Awards 2025 Honours Trailblazing Women Leaders". ThePrint. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  22. ^ "Governor presents Parmarth Ratna Award to Water Activist Amla Ruia | Raj Bhavan Maharashtra | India". Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  23. ^ "IHRO to celebrate World Environment Day". The Sunday Guardian. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  24. ^ "Women of Worth: About the Nominee - Amla Ruia". Women Of Worth. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  25. ^ Service, Express News (17 January 2016). "The Devis Have Risen to Restore and Rebuild". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  26. ^ "Leadership Awards". Hindustan times. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  27. ^ "LAKSHMIPAT SINGHANIA - IIM, LUCKNOW NATIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARDS - 2013". www.lpsiimlawards.in. Archived from the original on 9 January 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  28. ^ "Eminent Women Series 7: Interaction with Ms Amla Ruia, Entrepreneur, Water Activist & Educationist". FICCI FLO. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  29. ^ Merchant, Cyrus H. (18 May 2016). "Brightly flows the river". Marwar. India. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2019.