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{{Infobox person
| name = Dusharla Satyanarayana
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1954}}
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| birth_place = [[Nalgonda]], [[Hyderabad State (1948–56)|Hyderabad State]], [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
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| known_for = Water activism
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'''Dusharla Satyanarayana''' (born 12 March 1954) is an Indian [[water rights]] [[activist]] and founder of Jala Sadhana Samithi (JSS). He is fighting for drinking and irrigation water for [[Nalgonda district]] in Telangana, formerly [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]], by completing decades old [[Srisailam Left Bank Canal]] Tunnel scheme. He also supported statehood for [[Telangana]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/lsquoSeparate-Telangana-holds-the-key-to-all-problemsrsquo/article16466208.ece|title='Separate Telangana holds the key to all problems'|newspaper=The Hindu|date=30 December 2009|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> He is also Vice President of Suvidha.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/water-from-these-ancient-wells-can-dissolve-kidney-stones/article19387909.ece|title=Water from these ancient wells can 'dissolve' kidney stones|newspaper=The Hindu|date=29 July 2017|last1=Pradeep|first1=B.}}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born in Raghavapuram village, Mothey Mandal, [[Nalgonda district]], Telangana State.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/Fluorosis-drives-them-to-seek-divine-assistance/article15150800.ece|title=Fluorosis drives them to seek divine assistance|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 January 2008|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
He did his B.Sc. (Agriculture) from [[Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University|Jayashanker Agricultural University]], Hyderabad.

==Career==
He joined [[Andhra Bank]]! Cuddapah in 1977, worked as an Agricultural assistant. He reigned and worked as Rural Development Officer in Union Bank of India. After looking at the plight of the small and marginal farmers he quit his job and started his activist life.

===Jala Sadhana Samithi===
He founded Jala Sadhana Samithi in 1980 to fight for the unjust treatment of water allocation to Nalgonda, which resulted in widespread cases of [[Skeletal fluorosis|fluorosis]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/cpim-wants-separate-pipelines-tanks-in-fluoridehit-villages/article3618905.ece|title=CPI(M) wants separate pipelines, tanks in fluoride-hit villages|last1=Correspondent|last2=Correspondent|newspaper=The Hindu|date=9 July 2012|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> He did walkathons for water as well as Telangana statehood.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/19/stories/2010011955060300.htm |title=Archived copy |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319062204/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/19/stories/2010011955060300.htm |archive-date=19 March 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

He did various types of protests like padayatras from Nalgonda to [[Srisailam]], [[Yadagirigutta Temple|Yadagirigutta]] and Hyderabad to highlight the water woes of the people of the region in general and the fluoride victims of the district in particular. He did protests in [[Delhi]].

He created a forest in his own barren land of 70 Acres, in his village.<ref name="అతడు అడవిని సృష్టించాడు">{{cite news|last1=ఈనాడు|first1=వారెవ్వా|title=అతడు అడవిని సృష్టించాడు|url=https://www.eenadu.net/varevva/article/varevva-Dusharla-Satyanarayana-Jala-Sadhana-Samithi-Artificial-forest-eenadu-special-page/1403/38424|accessdate=27 September 2020|work=www.eenadu.net|publisher=వాల్తెల్లి ప్రదీప్‌|date=31 December 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927113249/https://www.eenadu.net/varevva/article/varevva-Dusharla-Satyanarayana-Jala-Sadhana-Samithi-Artificial-forest-eenadu-special-page/1403/38424|archivedate=27 September 2020|language=te}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He is married but lives separately. His son is a Veterinary doctor.

==References==
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