Watershed Development Program

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Watershed Development Program
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Watershed Development Program

• 1 Watershed Management with CCT technology
  plantation
• 2 Training for use of CCT Technology
• 3 Water Literacy
• 4 Demonstrate use of Contour Marker and sell of
  Counter Marker
• 5 Garden Development at Branch Office Premises

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Watershed Development Program..

• Depleting Natural Resources
• Deterioration of Forest cover
• Soil erosion.
• Acute shortage of water.
• All leading to precarious conditions and
  contributing to vicious cycle of Poverty.
• For arresting this vicious cycle of poverty there
  is need to strengthen and augment all the assets
  on sustainable and efficient mechanism.

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Watershed Development Program..

• Some Innovative Mechanism to Enrich the Capital
• Human Enhancement of Skills, information
  delivery .
• Natural C.C.T. (Continuous Contour Trenching )
  for enriching Land and Water
  resources.
• Social Empowering Women and Local Community.

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Watershed Development Program..

• Introduction
• Water is biggest crisis we are facing today in
  terms of severity and its spread.
• Out of 328 million hectares of total land 175
  million hectares is declared as waste lands.
• Watershed treatment in most of the lands thus has
  to be highest priority.
• Every third person in the country is badly
  affected by this crisis.
• C.C.T. has proven that waste land can be
  transformed into valuable Natural capital at very
  low cost within short time and with guaranteed
  results.

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Watershed Development Program..

• Out of the waste land most of the area can be
  converted into valuable and bountiful Natural
  capital to overcome the water crisis.
• C.C.T. is based on knowledge input as against
  costly inputs in conventional techniques of
  watershed development.
• C.C.T. is applicable to diverse Agro Climatic
  zones for watershed development soil
  conservation and forestation.

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Watershed Development Program..

• Benefits of C.C.T.
• Soil loss becomes nil.
• No surface run off.
• Barren area gets permanent biomass cover and soil
  is protected.
• Good soil moisture and good ground water
  available in wells and tanks.
• Clean water for drinking.
• Evaporation losses are negligible as compare to
  Tanks and Dams.
• Stops migration to cities in search of livelihood.

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Watershed Development Program..

• 1 Watershed Management with CCT technology
  plantation
• Completed Sites22 hectare
• Pathergaon, Near Kamshet
• Ongoing Sites 400 hectare
• Peth, Tal. Ambegaon
• Ambedara, Tal., Ambegaon
• Landewadi, Tal. Ambegaon
• Shirdale, Tal. Ambegaon

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Watershed Development Program..

• Ongoing Sites
• Anne, Tal. Junnar
• Gulunchawadi, Tal. Junnar
• Malthan, Tal. Shirur
• Sonesangavi, Tal. Shirur
• 2 Training for use of CCT Technology
• Training of NSS students of Pune University
  including field training
• 1,00,000 meter CCT at 45 places with planting of
  50,000 seedlings through NSS students

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Watershed Development Program..

• Member Samartha Bharat Abhiyan
• 3 Water Literacy
• Lectures to create awareness in water and soil
  conservation
• Zilha Parishad employees representatives and
  students of various colleges
• 4 Demonstrate use of Contour Marker and sell of
  Counter Marker
• 24 Contour Marker
• Social Forestry Department, Agriculture
  Department, Private Organizations and individuals

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