When Ambuja Foundation commenced work in Darlaghat they soon realized that water was the most pressing issue impacting the community.

Recognising India's grave water emergency, the Governments' top priority for 2019-24 is ensuring India's water security and providing access to safe and adequate drinking water to all Indians.

When you visit a village in Rajasthan, you are bound to find a pond close by - a village water body that supplies water for drinking, domestic and livestock purposes. One of the most ancient and traditional structures for rainwater harvesting in the dry desert state, it is estimated that there are about 83,000 ponds in Rajasthan.

More than 50 different funders, companies, social organizations, governments and communities convened to explore collaborations to address water scarcity, at the recent Ambuja Foundation and Samhita event 'Investing in Water: For Today & The Future.'

Earlier this year, the Indian government inked a Memorandum of Understanding with Israel to enhance cooperation on water conservation in India - with wastage of water being the critical issue the MOU aims to address.

By 2030, India will face a 50% water deficit, and by 2020, 21 Indian cities will run out of water. It's a tough pill to swallow. Now, more than ever, we need to increase our investment in Water to help curb this looming national crisis.

All they wanted was water. And it completely revolutionised their lives!

Rajasthan's Public Health and Engineer Department (PHED) Minister, Shri Surendra Goyal and 'the waterman of India' Shri Rajendra Singh lauded the efforts of Ambuja Foundation in building water sufficient communities in the drought prone regions of Rajasthan at a recent event by Ambuja Foundation in Jaipur.

Ambuja Cement Ltd was conferred with the prestigious 'CII National Water Award for Excellence in Water Management' on 5th September 2017.

Ambuja Foundation commemorated the World Water Day 2017 by bringing together 133 leaders in Water Resource Management from across the country for 'A Participatory Dialogue on Co-creating Water Positive Communities - Exploring Synergies, Sharing Solutions'.

Ambuja Foundation's Director, Pearl Tiwari, featured on CNN in December 2016 as part of Aquaguard & Network 18's 'Jal Daan' program - a 6 month national awareness campaign to create cognizance and highlight the importance of water for both urban and rural India.

The availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all will be the key agenda for discussion at the upcoming WATER FORUM, facilitated by Ambuja Foundation on 22nd March 2017 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.