District administration, NGO to rejuvenate 170 British-era irrigation systems

  • | Friday | 8th February, 2019

The NGOs will further contribute in capacity building, formation of water users association (WUAs), which will in turn care for the structures and water conservation,” said Radhakrishnan B.In all, there were 296 DBIs in Nashik district that were constructed by the erstwhile British regime in 1870. NASHIK: Sinnar-based NGO Yuva Mitra , along with Tata Trusts, on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the district administration for rejuvenating 170 British-era diversion-based irrigation (DBI) systems.The project will see rejuvenation of 170 structures across 142 villages directly benefitting 71,403 families across 22,278 hectare of land from eight talukas.District collector Radhakrishnan B, Tata Trusts programme manager Mukul Gupte and Yuva Mitra president Sunil Pote are the signatories of the MoU.“The state government and private organisations will equally share the cost of physical construction. The network of canals and su-canals was used to irrigate land in villages that ultimately benefited 30,923 acre of land in 195 villages that were dependent upon the same for nine months in a year.These structures, however, became defunct during the course of time and Yuva Mitra started reviving them about 12 years back.“We could revive 22 canals that helped distribute water through a network of 350 km across 18 villages benefiting 4,276 families and irrigating about 1,114 hectare of land in Sinnar taluka . We have formed 22 water users associations (WUAs) which are responsible for maintaining the structures and even the water distribution and usage system,” said Pote.The impact of the rejuvenation was that about 6,882 Thousand Cubic Meters (TCM) of water was tapped by way of the network, which resulted in increase of groundwater level by more than 10 feet, claimed the NGO.Taking note of the Sinnar NGO, Tata Trusts came forward and chipped in by providing machinery for carrying out the water restoration work on a massive scale.Explaining its role in the water conservation through the DBIs, Tata Trusts’ Mukul Gupte said that besides providing machinery, the organization would also contribute in undertaking agri-based livelihood promotional activities to enhance the economic status of farmers, help in livelihood opportunities of 15,815 landless families etc.The NGOs will not stop at the physical works of water storage but will also form the WUAs, empower them with knowledge to maintain the DBIs, enrich their knowledge and responsibility about cropping pattern, crop planning and cultivation and other methods to cut down farm costs by at least 20%.

NASHIK: Sinnar-based NGO Yuva Mitra , along with Tata Trusts, on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the district administration for rejuvenating 170 British-era diversion-based irrigation (DBI) systems.The project will see rejuvenation of 170 structures across 142 villages directly benefitting 71,403 families across 22,278 hectare of land from eight talukas.District collector Radhakrishnan B, Tata Trusts programme manager Mukul Gupte and Yuva Mitra president Sunil Pote are the signatories of the MoU.“The state government and private organisations will equally share the cost of physical construction. The NGOs will further contribute in capacity building, formation of water users association (WUAs), which will in turn care for the structures and water conservation,” said Radhakrishnan B.In all, there were 296 DBIs in Nashik district that were constructed by the erstwhile British regime in 1870. The network of canals and su-canals was used to irrigate land in villages that ultimately benefited 30,923 acre of land in 195 villages that were dependent upon the same for nine months in a year.These structures, however, became defunct during the course of time and Yuva Mitra started reviving them about 12 years back.“We could revive 22 canals that helped distribute water through a network of 350 km across 18 villages benefiting 4,276 families and irrigating about 1,114 hectare of land in Sinnar taluka . We have formed 22 water users associations (WUAs) which are responsible for maintaining the structures and even the water distribution and usage system,” said Pote.The impact of the rejuvenation was that about 6,882 Thousand Cubic Meters (TCM) of water was tapped by way of the network, which resulted in increase of groundwater level by more than 10 feet, claimed the NGO.Taking note of the Sinnar NGO, Tata Trusts came forward and chipped in by providing machinery for carrying out the water restoration work on a massive scale.Explaining its role in the water conservation through the DBIs, Tata Trusts’ Mukul Gupte said that besides providing machinery, the organization would also contribute in undertaking agri-based livelihood promotional activities to enhance the economic status of farmers, help in livelihood opportunities of 15,815 landless families etc.The NGOs will not stop at the physical works of water storage but will also form the WUAs, empower them with knowledge to maintain the DBIs, enrich their knowledge and responsibility about cropping pattern, crop planning and cultivation and other methods to cut down farm costs by at least 20%.

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