‘Jal Sanchay’ project of Bihar
Chosen for National Award…
‘Jal Sanchay’ Project, a water conservation model is successfully adopted in Nalanda district of south-central Bihar. It’s chosen for the national award for excellence in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (MGNREGP) by the Ministry of Rural Development.
Nalanda being an
agriculture-oriented district remained affected by drought-like conditions that
hampered the farming activities in the district. Though the district receives
flash floods during the monsoon, the water runoff in the district was very high
so much so that the entire water got washed away in a span of 15 days. Due to
these circumstances, ‘project jal sanchay’ was launched under Mahatma
Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (MGNREGP) to recover
from the water crisis in the district.
Under the project, check
dams and traditional Aahar-Pyne irrigation systems were created. In addition,
traditional water bodies were desilted and renovated. Campaigns about the
usefulness of rainwater harvesting were also carried out. The project was a mix
of modern day techniques and technologies with traditional
knowledge and got evolved into a holistic program to conserve water. As a
result of the implementation of the project, availability of water got improved
drastically which positively impacted the farm production in the district.
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