The Jyoti-Protap Education Trust said Reddy pioneered water conservation and management, land restoration and forestation, disaster relief, food security, climate change awareness and action.“We instituted the award in Jadav Payeng’s name after noting that he is an inspiration for every one of us. M Karunakar Reddy was selected by a 5-member selection committee. He has been working tirelessly for past many years for the conservation of water,” said Protap Saikia, secretary of the trust and founder of the charitable and digitally-smart Jyoti-Pratap Gyanmarg Bidyalay.Payeng is a green activist who has planted and tended trees on a Brahmaputra sandbar, turning it into a forest reserve, straddling 550 hectares, in Jorhat district.He said he was feeling proud that the award had been instituted in his name during his lifetime.“This will motivate me to work more for the society,” he said, adding that, “I have seen how Reddy is helping people. He rightly deserved this award.”Payeng’s message to people is “love nature.’
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