Ramveer Tanwar was in his final year of acquiring a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) when he realized that the lakes and ponds around him were disappearing. The water bodies he and his friends grew up playing around were mostly converted to dumping areas and were no longer the same as they used to be. This realization made him take up the task of reviving dead lakes in and around his village.

Ramveer Tanwar, a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) student noticed the lakes and ponds being turned to dumping areas. He started educating people why they should conserve water and would hold a meeting each Sunday with the villagers. These meetings were named “Jal Chaupals.”

In the year 2013, Ramveer was taking tuitions of the children of Gautam Budhha Nagar of Uttar Pradesh, India when he noticed that people were unaware of the fast-depleting water levels in the area as well as the amount of water being wasted by them every day. To teach the villagers of the approaching danger of an absolute water scarcity in the future, he taught his students to talk about water conservation to their parents. The children did try to convince their parents, but this didn’t make much difference, and the villagers refused to believe that there could be such a thing as lack of water.

Next, Ramveer decided to take matters in his own hands. He would go from house to house to make the villagers understand the issue of the depleting water resources and later urged the students to gather their parents in a common place on Sundays where he would discuss with them how water can be conserved. The response to these meetings was largely positive and soon he would get calls from the nearby villages to hold such meetings in their villages too. His initiative was recognized by the district magistrate, and the meetings were officially named “Jal Chaupals.” He also organized rallies to create awareness among the people.