A 24-year-old student from Manipur is cycling from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, covering   3,461 km to draw the attention of the government on the water scarcity facing India.  

Philem Rohan Singh’s ‘Water For Life’ campaign which kicks off from Srinagar on 15 June, will pass through 12 cities, in 12 weeks, including Amritsar,  Chandigarh, Delhi, Agra, Jaipur,  Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Karnool, Bengaluru and Kanyakumari.

Explaining why he undertook what is India’s first video-based research project to address water-related problems,  Roshan said, “India is going through severe water crisis in various parts like Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Marathwada regions in Maharashtra and Chennai in Tamil Nadu.

While this is going on I can’t remain just a mute spectator.  That’s why I’m cycling to draw the attention of the government in the hope of initiating a solution to the situation.”

Roshan’s cycling campaign is supported by Greater Noida-based Sharda University where he is doing a masters degree in English and Jammu and Kashmir police.