Water conservation is a key factor in sustainable rural development. We fill that availability of water not only for drinking but for agriculture will act as a good remedy for poverty elimination. Desalting of the water tank, the formation of a new farm pond, removing mud from old water storage, vanarai bhandhara these are some intervention done by Bhagirath with the participation of people.
In Mandkuli village 30 women from SHG have their own system of Bhandhara by Shramdan for years together. Bhagirath provides them 5 HP water pump for irrigation of vegetable cultivation. Up till now more than 25 water pumps given to the group of farmer along with PVC Pipe with 50% public contributions. In Nivaje village 15 farm ponds create good water storage which recharges existing well for farm pond of size 15 mtr x 15 mtr x 10 ft JCB need 10 hours. Bhagirath has a scheme in which we provide technical expertise along with a support of Rs. 4,000/- to Rs. 5,000/- to a farmer for farm ponds.
We have selected 1 water stream of about 8 km. long for sustainable water conservation devices. 3 cement concrete Bhandhara constructed with shramadan of local farmer Bhagirath only supported for the purchase of cement, sand and technical advice.