Location: Nawabpet Mandal, Telangana
Coverage: 2 Watersheds | 2880 Hectares | 8 Villages | 850 Families Benefited
The Watershed Development Fund Project (2010-2015) was implemented in two watersheds in Nawabpet Mandal, Telangana state, from 2010 to 2015. The project covered 2880 hectares and benefited 6850 families. SEED provided training and capacity building to farming communities, landless families, and women, focusing on soil conservation and water conservation through structures like check dams, percolation tanks, farm ponds, rock-fill dams, dug-out ponds, sunken ponds, and nursery growing. The project also involved activities like horticulture crop cultivation, bund plantation, and promotion of farm bunding and contour trenches. The project also provided training to farmers and women on micro-irrigation, vermicompost, organic farming, and mulching. The project planted 2,56,800 trees and provided horticulture and floriculture crops to 96 families. The project also uplifted Dalit communities by incorporating initiatives like tank silt application to improve soil depth. Key results included 260 hectares of cultivation, increased soil depth, flood velocity arrest, and improved groundwater levels. Livelihood families experienced increased income, and 456 families experienced increased productivity and income. The project also successfully arrested daily and seasonal migration, resulting in 22 families returning to their villages.
As part of the initiative, SEED built a range of water conservation structures including check dams, percolation tanks, farm ponds, rock-fill dams, dug-out ponds, and sunken ponds. These efforts significantly improved water availability for agriculture and enhanced groundwater recharge. Additionally, the project promoted horticulture, floriculture, bund plantations, farm bunding, and contour trenching to boost land productivity and soil health.
The project also focused on capacity building, offering training for farmers and women on micro-irrigation, organic farming, vermicomposting, and mulching. A major plantation drive resulted in the planting of 2,56,800 trees, while 96 families were supported in cultivating horticulture and floriculture crops. To further enrich the soil, tank silt application was introduced, particularly benefiting Dalit communities by enhancing soil depth and fertility.
The "Krishi Jal Samvaad" water campaign targeted 51 water-stressed villages in Karimnagar, Sircilla, and Siddipet districts, focusing on water conservation and educating on rainwater harvesting, groundwater recharge, and agronomic practices, and submitted an actionable plan to NABARD..
Basing on our NGO SEED experience working with Central, State, NABARD, and CSR in rural and urban areas in the area of education, water sector, agriculture, water, and sanitation for the last 18 years
