Rajendra Singh: Clean flowing rivers must be a human right

The winner of the Stockholm Water Prize says communities and traditional techniques are the solutions to drought, not corporations

The "waterman of India" will walk across five continents to raise awareness for his campaign to have the human rights to river water and access to nature recognised by the UN.

"Nature cannot fulfil greed," Rajendra Singh said on Monday at World Water Week, where he will accept the Stockholm Water Prize on Wednesday. Singh argued that communities facing water crises should resist the money and technological solutions offered by corporations. Instead, he told the Guardian, they must find ways to help themselves.