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Rajasthan

Name of the Project: : Mukhya Mantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan for
Climate Change Adaptation and Water Harvesting in Arthuna, Anandpuri
and Sajjangarh Blocks of District Banswara in Rajasthan
Project Focus: Water Resource Conservation and Management
Location: Arthuna, Anandpuri and Sajjangarh Blocks of District Banswara
in Rajasthan
Project Finance: Rs. 24.98 Cr (USD 3.74 mn)
Duration: : 1 Year (2017-2018); Extended upto 2021; Completed
Name of Executing Entity: Department of Environment,
Government of Rajasthan
Project Beneciaries: 70 villages of 3 blocks of Banswara district.

Project Area: Rajasthan, with geographical area of 343 lac hectare, is the largest State of the country. e Aravali range
extends from South-West to North-East and divides the state in two parts. Western side of the state consists of ar
desert, which is almost 60% of the entire area of the state. e annual rainfall also varies from 100 mm in arid west to
900 mm in South-East. In the state, usually every three out of ve years are aected by drought due to uncertain and
varied distributions of rainfall. Moreover, due to high intensity of rains and improper water conservation system, a large
percentage of this rainfall goes waste resulting in continuous depletion of
water table. Ground water level, on more than 8- percent of blocks in
Rajasthan, is in the over-exploited or critical zone. is situation has
adversely aected the crop production. As water table is continuously going
down, a signicant part of the area under crop production is getting
converted into wastelands. is is resulting into poor socio-economic
conditions of farmers of the state.

Based on a seminal study by Central
Research Institute for Dryland
Agriculture (CRIDA), on Vulnerability
of Indian Agriculture to Climate
Change, Banswara's vulnerability to
climate change is categorized as "Very
High". It's all India vulnerability rank
is #33 out of 572 districts in the entire
country- making it highly susceptible
to climate change. e project intends
to address the above mentioned Lack of Water
vulnerabilities in Banswara district. Harvesting structures

Considerable time required
for water collection

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