Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Anna Hazare Pays Tribute to Nana Patekar’s Water Conservation Work
Anna Hazare remembered Nana Patekar for helping people and working on water conservation.
Hazare said Patekar showed how rainwater could be kept from running away and helped soak into the ground.
He also mentioned work to deepen and widen rivers.
Hazare praised Naam Foundation, Patekar’s NGO, for its social work.
He recalled that Patekar once gave him an award.
Hazare said the award meant a lot because it came from one social worker to another.
The report says Patekar died at his home in Goa early Thursday.
Hazare shared his condolences with Patekar’s family.
Anna Hazare praised Nana Patekar for addressing water conservation through practical work.
Hazare cited efforts including deepening and widening rivers and helping rainwater soak into the ground.
He said Patekar’s work showed how water conservation could help raise the water table.
Hazare commended Patekar’s NGO, Naam Foundation, for its social work.
The report says Patekar died at his residence in Goa early Thursday; Hazare offered condolences to his family.
- Who
- Anna Hazare paid tribute to actor and philanthropist Nana Patekar.
- What
- Hazare praised Patekar’s social work and water-conservation efforts, and offered condolences after his reported death.
- When
- Thursday, October 8; the report does not specify the year.
- Where
- Hazare spoke in his native village in Ahilyanagar district, Maharashtra; Patekar died at his residence in Goa, according to the report.
- Why
- Hazare said Patekar had demonstrated through his actions how to address water problems and had contributed to society.
- Speaker
- Anna Hazare
- Person honored
- Nana Patekar
- Reported age
- 75
- Reported place of death
- His residence in Goa
- NGO praised
- Naam Foundation
- Water-conservation measures mentioned
- River deepening and widening, and allowing rainwater to percolate into the ground
- Hazare’s location
- His native village in Ahilyanagar district, western Maharashtra