Target Area

• Conducting Awareness Programme On Rainwater Harvesting Structure
• Organising Training Programme on Rain Water Harvesting Structures (7000 farmers)
• Construction of Rain Water Harvesting Structures like farm ponds & sunken ponds (2700 Nos.) check dams (16 Nos.), earthen nala bunds (2Nos.), bore well and open well recharge structures (17 Nos.), CCT (1000 ha.) and tanks (9 Nos.)
• Training Programme On Maintenance Of Rain Water Harvesting Structures

Output

Farmers have established

• Rainwater harvesting structure on their fields
• Farmers have learnt to maintain rain water harvesting structure
• Increased soil moisture conservation on farmers fields
• Collection and storage of rain water in the rain water harvesting structures like farm ponds sunken ponds, check dams, earthen nala bunds open & bore well recharge structures, tanks etc
• 2700 farm ponds harvest 85 million gallons of rain water
• 52 new bore wells have been dug by the farmers in the watershed areas
• 825 defunct bore wells and 276 defunct open wells got recharged
  

Outcome

• Increased productivity of crops due to availability of more water
• Increased income from agriculture occupation
• Farmers have utilized stored water for protective irrigation
• Farmers have taken up vegetable and flower cultivation
• Farmers have started double cropping system due to increased moisture status of the soil
• Area under dry land mango cultivation increased
• Stored water utilized for drinking purpose for livestock