Question
Describe the watershed development and management programmes in the country initiated by the Central and State Governments.
Solution
The programmes:
(i) Haryali is a watershed development project sponsored by the Central Government which aims at enabling the rural population to conserve water for drinking, irrigation, fisheries and afforestation. The Project is being executed by Gram Panchayats with people’s participation.
(ii) Neeru-Meeru programme in Andhra Pradesh and Arvary Pani Sansad in Alwar, Rajasthan have taken up constructions of various water-harvesting structures such as percolation tanks, dug out ponds (Johad), check dams, etc. through people’s participation.
(iii) Tamil Nadu has made water harvesting structures in the houses compulsory. No building can be constructed without making structures for water harvesting.
(i) Haryali is a watershed development project sponsored by the Central Government which aims at enabling the rural population to conserve water for drinking, irrigation, fisheries and afforestation. The Project is being executed by Gram Panchayats with people’s participation.
(ii) Neeru-Meeru programme in Andhra Pradesh and Arvary Pani Sansad in Alwar, Rajasthan have taken up constructions of various water-harvesting structures such as percolation tanks, dug out ponds (Johad), check dams, etc. through people’s participation.
(iii) Tamil Nadu has made water harvesting structures in the houses compulsory. No building can be constructed without making structures for water harvesting.
