An attempt to revive the traditional water bodies and the surrounding ecosystem of bundelkhand

VISION & PHILOSOPHY

We believe through community engagement, water governance and management can be improved. Shaping communities to be more climate resilient, implementing drought-proofing systems and processes, and resetting the farming system in rain-fed areas. Land management that is both sustainable and productive promotes agricultural productivity and protects the environment.

Chhatarpur niwari Tikmgarh Lalitpur Banda Hamirpur Chitrakoot Jhansi Mahoba

Chhatarpur

Chhatrapur district is one of the 52 districts of Madhya Pradesh state of India. Cultivating. crops like paddy, wheat and jowar are practiced by farmers in the district of Chhatarpur.

PARTNER: ARUNODAYA AND HARITIKA

INTERVENTION: In Chhatarpur,ARUNODAYA AND HARITIKA are working on various aspects: ·Like Creating opportunities for income generating activities in a sustainable manner. Conservation , preservation and promotion of existing natural resources and develop new resources for availability of safe water. Environment of rural communities for promotion of existing natural resources management. Promotion of bio agricultural method and agro based service.

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water

Bundelkhand faces a severe water crisis due to undulating topography, erratic rainfall and unpromising agriculture. There are around 8000 traditional water bodies built during the 8th century to the 12th century. But due to lack of maintenance, breakage in the traditional management system, these tanks are in need of serious attention.

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Livelihood

The people in Bundelkhand region are predominantly engaged in agriculture and the activities allied to it like farm labour, and animal husbandry in dairying, goat rearing and fisheries. Employment in agriculture, as cultivators and agriculture labour, sustains an overwhelming portion of the population.The storage of water in Bundelkhand has a negative impact on all aspects of livelihood, which has to be addressed.

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families

Agriculture

The key problems in the agriculture sector in this region are i) poor soil health (low in organic carbon, NPK and major micronutrients) ii) Lack of quality seeds iii) high input costs in agriculture iv) low land productivity v) lack of irrigation. Because of drought situation and uncertainty of rainfall, crop failure is a regular event and high dependency on fertilisers, and pesticides resulted in further degradation of land, high input cost and low land productivity in the long run. Farmers practicing traditional methods of farming add to further woes of low crop productivity, this is also because of poor knowledge transfer and low penetration of extension system.

PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainable development is a broad and complex subject but has no alternative, especially when we look at challenges and distress in Bundelkhand like water management at all levels of the household, farm, landscape and ecosystem as well as water tank rehabilitation need to be undertaken as a mission for socio-economic uplift and to remove disparities.Involvement of local communities to practice sustainable activities to make a lasting impression on bundelkhand

Villages Covered

Tanks restored

Families Covered

Crore Litres

Cumulative Additional Water Potential Created – single filling

District’s work taken up

Silt removed and transported to farmers’ field (cu.m)

Farm area where silt was applied (Ha)

Dohas excavated in upstream water courses (nos.)

Tapovans (Miyawaki Forests) planted (Nos.)

Designed for

SUSTAINABILITY

Water

Reviving Historic Infrastructure

There are around 8000 traditional water bodies built during the 8th century to the 12th century.

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In Focus

Development
Stories

Not Only Irrigation, Also Alternate Source for Drinking Water

Lakhanguaw is one of the small village situated in Pipariya Cluster, where Haritika team had motivated a group of farmers to install the community solar irrigation pump.

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Irrigating the Last Mile

The cluster of Pipariya situated amidst the buffer zone of Panna Tiger Reserve faces the biggest challenges of accessibility being more than 70 + from the District headquarter in Chhatarpur surrounded by forest.

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