While many districts of Maharashtra are facing severe drought, villages in Beed District of Maharashtra are still having sufficient water. Water from lakes of Dhekanmoh, Talwada, Morjalwadi, Nagtalaare is sufficient for every day chores.
From many years Maharashtra is facing drought problems. In the year 2013, Beed was one of the districts that suffered from acute drought. Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana (BJS), a voluntary organization (NGO) operating in the Social Development, Education Initiative and Disaster Response, took the unique initiative of de-silting in order to enhance the capacity of Water Storage.
More than 90 JCBs / Poclains were mobilized and 2000 to 2500 truckloads of silt was removed every day which resulted in completion of de-silting of 115 village water bodies (ponds, tanks) in a month. A total of 20,00,000 cu mtr of silt got removed. This silt was carried away by villagers to be deposited and spread over agricultural lands, which enhanced the fertility and raised agricultural output.
The water storage capacity of these reservoirs got enhanced by 20 lakh litres. Even today, its benefits are reaped by the farmers in the situation of intense drought.
Water Restoration Project Implementation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRvTjXF6-94
For more information, visit our website: http://bjsindia.org/
For more information, visit our website: http://bjsindia.org/
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