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Our area gets little rainfall. We had only one pond and one check dam and could farm only a few months of the year. With ITC’s help, we formed a Water User Association. Every family contributed 25 kgs of wheat and 4 days of labour.
Together we planned and built one more check dam and 3 new farm ponds which are now full of water after the monsoon. We are able to grow the Kharif crop through summer. We collect water cess from farmers to maintain the structures and to contribute to village development projects. |
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| Water harvesting structures |
2,229 |
3,000 |
| Water user groups |
686 |
1,500 |
| Area under soil & moisture conservation ( hectares ) |
36,986 |
56,000 |
| Employment generation ( person-days ) |
577,879 |
600,000 |
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ITC’s watershed initiatives have led to an improvement in soil and moisture regimes – there is more land under irrigation, water tables have risen and farmers can harvest more than one crop, making it possible to live off the land round the year. |
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