Slide1: HARNESSING OUT WATER RESOURCES LEADING TO GROWTH Presentation by: EXCEL INDUSTRIES LIMITED


Slide2: EARTH COVERED WITH 70% WATER SALT WATER 97.5% FRESH WATER 2.5% 70% OF FRESH WATER IS FROZEN ICE CAPS SOIL MOISTURE UNDERGROUND AQUIFERS 1% WORLD’S FRESH WATER IS ACCESSIBLE SOURCING OF WATER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Fresh water is one of the most essential of the elements that support human life and economic growth and development


Slide3: INDIAN SCENARIO WATER AVAILABLITY /PER PERSON YEAR Cu. M. 1951 3450 1999 1250 2050 760


Slide4: WHAT IS A WATERSHED ? A watershed is an area of land from which surface water drains into a single outlet like a stream or a river or a lake. The rain water flows from the ridges, along the slopes, into the nallas and finally collects in the village ponds. This entire area with one common drainage is called a watershed. Watershed area -Small Stream = Few Hectares -Large River = Many Square Kilometeres -Ideal = 1000 to 2500 Hectares -Implementation Period = 2- 3 years.


Slide5: OBJECTIVES OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT Rational utilisation of land and water resources for optimum and sustained production. Minimum of hazard to natural resources. Halt land degradation. Holistic process for getting maximum production out of land.


Slide6: POSITIVE IMPACT OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT 1. Assured availability of water 2. Improved water quality and hygiene 3. More land availability and productivity 4 Increased employment 5. Improved morale 6. Better water management 7. Less disease 8. Better quality of life 9. Better ecological balance


Slide7: It means capturing rain water where it falls or capturing the run off in your own village or town. And taking measures to keep that water clean by not allowing polluting activities to take place in the catchment. Water harvesting through:- Capturing runoff from rooftops Capturing runoff from local catchments Capturing seasonal floodwaters from local streams Capturing and Conserving water through watershed management WHAT IS WATER HARVESTING?


Slide8: Rural scenario Let us assume that India’s 587,000 villages can harvest the runoff from 200 million hectares of land, excluding inaccessible forest areas, high mountains and other uninhabited terrains, that still gives every village an average access to 340 hectares or a rainfall endowment of 3.75 billion liters of water. These calculation show the potential of rainwater harvesting is enormous .


Slide9: Groundwater dams are structures that intercept or obstruct the natural flow of groundwater and provide storage for water underground. They have been used in several parts of the world, notably India, Africa and Brazil. A sub-surface dam intercepts or obstructs the flow of an aquifer and reduces the variation of the level of the groundwater table upstream of the dam. It is built entirely under the ground Groundwater Dams MODERN TECHNOLOGIES OF RAINWATER HARVESTING


Slide10: Location. Monsoons - Erratic Droughts - Frequent Programme Construction of : -Check Dams -Percolation Tanks -Sub-surface dykes -Storage tanks -Farm ponds -Well Recharging EXCEL’S EFFORTS IN WATER HARVESTING This programme is being implemented by EXCEL-VRTI on a systematic basis with people’s active participation.


Slide12: Agribusiness Consortium Area & Context characteristics Farm Land Water Sources & Potential Training Agri input Suppliers Information on ICM Agri / Rural Credit suppliers / banks Farmers Processors Preservations Purchasers Consumers


Slide13: AGROCEL Agrocel Service Centers : A Bloom from Desert Agrocel Service Centre was started in 1988 with first Center in Kutch. Now it has grown with Centers 7 Centers in Kutch, Gujarat 1 in Vadodara, Gujarat 2 in Maharashtra 1 in Haryana 1 in Jammu & Kashmir 1 in Orissa


Slide14: Mission Make all the agri-inputs available to farmers at the right time and at a reasonable cost with all necessary technical guidance under one roof. Farmers’ farm productivity and income increase along with the national productivity - all these through fair dealings Commitment is to work for “Progressive, Regenerative and Sustainable Agriculture” Activities Integrated Crop Management / Organic Farming and Value addition and Marketing of farm produce in general. Land Water Management Integrated Nutrient Management Integrated Pest Management


Slide15: FARMER (Producer) CICR (Tech. Guidance) ICICI (Funding) EXCEL INDUSTRIES LIMITED (Input supplier and Guidance to Farmer) COTTON CONTRACT FARMING PROJECT (Back to back Agreement between Cotton Farmers & Mills) APPACHI COTTON (Buyer)


Slide16: 32 km away from Mandvi in North. Ecologically sound. More than 35% population migrated. Source of Income is Agriculture but area devoid of Irrigation facilities. Salinity of water is creating problem. MAMAYMORA


Slide17: Undulating. Heavy run off & surface soil erosion. Large number of sheep and goat has caused damage to ecology. GEOLOGY Rock sand stone has lot of scope for recharging the lower aquifers. Undulating area, small nalas, streams & rivers provide ideal situation for soil and water conservation. TOPOGRAPHY


Slide21: THE IMPACT OF WATER SHED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (A) Agriculture ( In three years) 1) Kharif Crop Area Increase ( Acre ) from 855 to 1255 Income increased (Lacs per year) from 38.36 to 53.58 2) Rabi & Summer Crop Increase in acreage - 283 acre Additional Income - RS. 57.51 Lacs ( Three time the investment 18.75 lacs) Increase in Acreage ( Horticulture)- 70 Acres


Slide22: (B) WAGES In the beginning RS. 30-50 At the end RS. 50-70 (C)OTHER IMPACTS/AWAREBESS 100% Wells of village have been recharged 18 farmers have dug their own well and installed the oil engines 49 farmers leveled 327 acre of land and brought the wasteland under cultivation at a total cost of 18.65 lacs. All these things were done on their own.


Slide23: MANJAL 27 kms north of Mandvi Scanty rains Permanent water scarity. Underground water is very limited because of scanty rainfall and lack of recharge.


Slide24: TOPOGRAPHY Undulating Situated in higher altitude. IRRIGATION Only 11 hectares of land were irrigated from wells and small ponds.


Slide25: Watershed Development Programme Two watershed projects - 1000 hectares Fund alloted - Rs.50 lacs.


Slide29: IMPACT Capacity - 48,31 Mcft. Water Soil & water conservation - 800 ha Irrigated land increased from 1 to 140 ha. New crops - Castor & cumin


Slide30: BENEFITS KARIF SEASON Cultivation - 425 acres in 1996-97. Total income - 12.20 lcs Cultivation - 885 acres in 1998-99 Income - 43.78 lacs RABI SEASON 96-97 - 244 acres & income Rs.14.25 lacs. Which was gone up to 345 acres & Rs.45. 0 Lacs after the watershed development programme