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Chhattisgarh emerged as the top ranked state in the third phase of the Ministry of Jal Shakti's Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari and Jal Shakti Abhiyan, Catch the Rain campaigns, with close to 78,000 water conservation structures completed, according to an official statement. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai presented the state's water conservation model at the Ministry's departmental summit in New Delhi on 2 September 2026. Five Chhattisgarh districts, Surajpur, Mahasamund, Balod, Balodabazar-Bhatapara and Kabirdham, also ranked among the country's top 10 districts for water conservation. The state credited a community led approach, including a 5 percent model pioneered in Koriya district under which farmers voluntarily set aside 5 percent of their land for groundwater recharge structures.