Case Studies

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Storing Happiness, Spreading Smiles
BIHAR

THE INITIATIVE

  • Construction of check dams for optimum utilisation of water

THE BENEFICIARIES

  • 65 families of Satsala and Baliyadabar villages, Jamui district, Bihar

THE CHALLENGE

  • Soil erosion and formation of gullies
  • Scarcity of water for animals during summer
  • Water table depletion and low productivity of paddy crop

THE SOLUTION

  • NABARD extended financial assistance under RIDF for construction of an earthen check dam in Chakai block of Jamui district for water storage and supply of irrigation water

THE IMPACT

  • Gully stabilisation and erosion control
  • Assured irrigation for about 4.5 hectares of land, even during summer
  • Land now a multicrop area that grows summer vegetables
  • Additional income through vegetable cultivation and fish farming