Aamir Khan congratulates Maharashtra village for winning ‘Water Cup’

Besides working in the movies, superstar Aamir Khan is also the founder of the Paani foundation, a not-for-profit company, set up in 2016 to fight drought in rural Maharashtra. The ‘Dangal’ star had recently organised a competition called the ‘Satyamev Jayate Water Cup’, in which villages had to compete to win prizes for the best watershed management work.

Every year, Paani Foundation invites all villages from selected talukas to participate in the six-week long competition. This year the winner was Takewadi Andhali, a village in Maharashtra that has won the Satyamev Jayate Water Cup 2018.

Aamir tweeted, “Thank you all for coming together for water, and giving all of us at Paani foundation so much confidence and inspiration to carry on this beautiful journey.”

Thank you all for coming together for water, and giving all of us at @paanifoundation so much confidence and inspiration to carry on this beautiful journey. @CMOMaharashtra @AjitPawarSpeaks @RamShindeMLA @AshokChavanINC @RVikhePatil @RajThackeray pic.twitter.com/VkFj5OFiLL

— Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan) August 12, 2018

“Congratulations to Takewadi from Maan Taluka for winning the first prize in the Satyamev Jayate Water Cup 2018. Your work is truly inspirational! And congratulations to all the participating villages across Maharashtra… in the Water Cup everybody wins against drought,” he added.

Congratulations to Takewadi from Maan Taluka for winning the 1st prize in the SMJ Water Cup. Your work is truly inspirational! And congratulations to all the participating villages across Maharashtra… in the Water Cup everybody wins against drought. pic.twitter.com/2RmjmgmDeT

— Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan) August 12, 2018

The first prize of Rs 75 lakh and a trophy for the Water Cup 2018 competition was won by Takewadi (Andhali) village in Satara district.

The event was attended by Chief Minister Of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis and other politicians like Minister for Water Conservation Ram Shinde, Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray.

Thanking all, Aamir also tweeted, “And none of this would have been possible without our wonderful team! A big thank you to all our trainers, Taluka coordinators, district and zonal teams, production teams, our directors, our extremely supportive funders…. And the favourite member of our team Devendra Fadnavis.

And none of this would have been possible without our wonderful team! A big thank you to all our trainers, Taluka coordinators, district and zonal teams, production teams, our directors, our extremely supportive funders…and the favourite member of our team Shri @Dev_Fadnavis pic.twitter.com/eq956uKcqu

— Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan) August 12, 2018

On the work front, Aamir Khan will next be seen in ‘Thugs of Hindostan‘ co-starring Amitabh Bachchan, Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Shaikh.

(Inputs by IANS)

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