Director, OWDM visits Kandhamal: New PD in Watersheds, Nuapada: EVENTS AND NEWS Mr. Susanta Kumar Mallick, M.Sc (Ag) joined Onion Growers’ Co-op. Society Inaugurated: New Collector in : as Project Director I/c, Sri Bhabagrahi Mishra, O.A.S joined as the Collector and Watersheds, Nuapada on Watershed Mission Leader, Bargarh on 08.02.2010 by taking 14th Jan, 2010. Earlier over charge from Sri Suresh Prasad Padhy who retired as working in several Collector Bargarh on 15.01.2010. The Project Director, capacities he has proven Watersheds, Bargarh welcomed and apprised him of the efficiency in implementing ongoing watershed projects in the district. watershed projects under various Government schemes. Under his leadership the Use of High Science Tools in IWMP Workshop watersheds development programme of the district is WESTERN ORISSA RURAL LIVELIHOODS PROJECT in New Delhi: expected to get a good mileage. Sri Sailendra Narayan Naik, Project Director, Watersheds, Sri G.B Reddy, IFS, Director OWDM, visited Kilabadi Micro Nuapada Watershed members’ exposure: Jan.-Feb., 2010, No.23 Bargarh participated in the workshop on “Use of High Science Watershed Project under DPAP- 8th batch on 18.02.2010 to 92 poor and very poor youths from watershed villages of Tools in IWMP” organized by ICRISAT, Hyderabad on 01- review the progress of watershed works and JEEBIKA during their visit to the 15th National Youth 02.02.2010 at NASC, New Delhi. activities in the district. He interacted with SHG and FIG Festival 2010 from 8th to 12th Jan10 at , had Members of Kilabadi micro watershed with PD, Watersheds, Office of Maa Bastarni Onion Growers Cooperative Society Bargarh PRI Members visit BAIF: exposures to different activities and institutes like mushroom CBT- NRM, and CBT- Monitoring and Evaluation, Kandhamal. composed of 215 onion growing farmers of Komna, Nuapada unit at Sakhigopal, CIFA, Khandagiri silviculture nursery and 29 Zilla Parishad Members and Panchayat Samiti Chair Inspecting soil and water conservation activities such as was inaugurated by Shri G. Bhaskar Reddy, IFS, Director, Ekamra Haat. persons of Bargarh district with facilitation by Sri S. R. Behera, Orissa Watershed Development Mission on 18.01.2010 at diversion bund, small masonry water bodies etc., he APD (LH) & Sri B.C. Dash of Watershed Mission, Bargarh Kendubhata, Nuapada. The Society got established under discussed with the field staff for furthering implementation of Tableau by Nuapada Watersheds Awarded: visited Tiptur centre of BAIF, Karnataka during 22-28 Feb’10. implementation of SPF, WORLP. It has been promoted by the Project. The PRI members were exposed to tree-based watershed Tableau on watershed model displayed by the Project PIA CPSW with the objective of empowering farmers to take activities, water conservation measures, dry land farming, New Additional Director in OWDM: Director, Watersheds, Nuapada on the Republic day 2010 in ownership and management of onion production and Nuapada district has been awarded first prize. 26 members SHG Marketing and Federations. Dr. Sarat Chandra Behera has joined as Additional Director marketing as a sustainable livelihood option. from two SHGs of Chhindpani Watershed also participated in OWDM on 01.01.2010. Earlier he has served as PD Kalahandi Ghumura Festival 2010 Celebrated: in this programme. National Conference of PDs, DRDA: Watersheds in Nuapada district. On-field aquaculture training to women Water harvesting through run-off Secure water source for cattle The Kalahandi Ghumura Festival 2010 was celebrated during SHG members - Balisugri, Kandhamal management at Kodaldunguri, Nuapada at Kotmer, Kalahandi 14-17.01.2010 at . 12 stalls on behalf of Watershed Mission had been opened. Growth in crops and veryone knows that water is critical would otherwise have gone unused but and prevent soil erosion and vegetables production, livestock and forest produce due to Eto nourishing and fostering life. also helps in recharging aquifers and downstream sedimentation. Water successful management of water, land, forests and capacity Kotmer, Dharmagarh, Kalahandi Regardless of social and physical tackles the problem of depleting water harvesting structures (WHS), farm building through training in mushrooms production were conditions, water is vital to the existence table in areas where ground water is ponds, and percolation tanks have been exhibited. of all. That is why sound management under enormous pressure. Insitu water excavated to collect excess runoff, RDC Monitors Watersheds in Kalahandi: of our water resources is imperative. harvesting is a key in watershed irrigate farm lands and recharge ground Development of integrated watershed development which helps in increasing water. Pond water is used for irrigation Mr. C. S Kumar, IAS, Revenue Divisional Commissioner programme is significant as it provides the soil moisture and productivity of and growing fish providing (Southern Division) along with Collector, Kalahandi, line opportunities to the local communities vegetations. This also acts as drought supplementary nutrition and income department officials and PD Watersheds Kalahandi visited to treat watersheds and conserve proofing measure. from sales. Farmers have cultivated Purunagumma Watershed on 3.02.10. He discussed with the natural resources for improving their Community participation in integrated pulses, vegetables and been practicing SHG members and beneficiaries about the watershed livelihoods. For managing and watershed management has resulted in backyard farming. An impact The National Conference of all DRDA Project Directors in activities and support. conserving water resources, the local better management of water resources. assessment of WORLP by Sambodhi in was held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 20- Defence Personnel visit Watersheds in communities treat watershed areas and Different water management techniques 2008 reveals that almost three-fifth of 21.01.2010. On behalf of Orissa Watershed Development construct rainwater harvesting and have been adopted for conservation and the marginal farmers in the project Mission, Sri Niranjan Sahu, PSU Coordinator, WORLP, : recharge structures. Water harvesting use. Check dams have been built to watersheds have reported improvement presented a case study on success with WORLP initiatives Defense personnel from National Defence College, New Delhi not only conserves the water which reduce the speed and volume of runoff in disaster coping capacity. in reducing distress migration and ensuring food security of visited Bhuanpada village of Sri Jagannath MWS and poor families in watershed area. The presentation was highly Tentelkhunti MWS Gudvella block, Balangir on 29.1.2010. appreciated by about 600 PDs, DRDA. The Conference was They visited plantation programmes, water conservation DEVELOPMENTS oragnised by Ministry of Rural Development, Government of initiatives, livelihood initiatives and interacted with the Land Salvaged by Diversion Bund India. Among dignitaries who addressed the Conference were beneficiaries. Shri Sharad Pawar, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture and Dr C. Recruitment of WMT members in Kandhamal: Until a year back, more than 300 acres P. Joshi, Hon’ble Minister of Rural Development, GoI. of land in Kantajhuda, Chhindrapali and One-day Workshop on Fish Federation, A walk-in interview was conducted for recruitment of the nearby villages in Gaisilat block of Watershed Management Team members in different Bargarh: Bargarh district remained uncultivable disciplines of Micro Enterprises, Social, Engineering and Orissa Watershed Development Mission due to soil erosion and lack of proper Fish farmers from watershed areas of Bargarh district were Livelihood during 16-17.02.2010 for implementation of Watershed Mission Complex, Siripur, Bhubaneswar - 751 003 management of rain water. Despite good oriented on functional aspects of Fish Federation in one-day Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) in Tel: 0674 - 2397 308 / 2397 309 Fax: 0674 - 2397 988 rains, runoff from the encircling Email: [email protected] Website: www.worlp.com workshop at WUAC, Diptipur, Bargarh on 23.02.2010. Dr. five blocks of the district such as Khajuripada, Raikia, mountains not only washed away fertile Open surplus washed away by heavy run-off from Thuajharan MIP in Chhindrapali, Gaisilat, Bargarh Ambekar E. Eknath, Director and senior scientists of CIFA Chakapada, Tikabali, and Daringbadi. A Selection Committee Sourced and compiled by: District-level Communication Point Persons (CBT-Members) & Development Communication Officer, Bhubaneswar soil but also created gullies and ravines together with Shri Pravash Sahu, MC and Mr. S. N. Naik, PD chaired by Project Director – Watershed and Subject Matter Edited by: Sibananda Mishra, DCO; Photography: Mrutyunjaya Behera; Published by Communication Hub in the fields making it almost impossible barely meeting the consumption needs Watersheds Bargarh met farmers of three blocks of the district Specialists of Kandhamal conducted the screening process. on behalf of the Western Orissa Rural Livelihoods Project. Folded hills encircling Thuajharan MIP causing for any cultivation. Per acre yield of of the villagers. Land-owners had to Printed at Perfect Print & Graphics (P) Ltd., Bhubaneswar-10, Ph.: 0674-6539875. excess run-off in Chhindrapali fields of Gaisilat, and addressed the workshop. Bargarh paddy was only 7 quintals which was migrate to Bargarh and Hyderabad in

Page: 5 search of livelihood activities like crop being washed away by heavy-runoff. are expected to be above 1 Kg size. At heavy silt over the crop lands. In the land and having water through out the They proposed that the structure would cutting and brick making. All this was Loose boulder check dams have been the prevalent market rate of Rs. 100/- a absence of any storage tank the farmers year the pond serves in preserving store more water if interconnected with due to the heavy runoff from Thuajharan constructed in the upper ridges to kilo of fish, Rushi expects high profit from were unable to pursue cultivation moisture regime of soil enabling farmers streams. Accordingly, 6 loose boulder Micro Irrigation Project (MIP) at the base prevent silting in crop lands. More sale of those. whenever there was less or no rain in to cultivate paddy in khariff. In Rabi they structures (LBS) and one open surplus were of folded hills in the periphery. canals are being planned to irrigate Rise in income has enabled Rushi to pay the region. use the sluice to cultivate pulses. constructed at a cost of Rs.50,000/- of lands of nearby villages. off all his debts and provide nutritious Pisciculture is also encouraged in this which 5% was contributed by the user Under Budharaja Watershed in food to family members. He could also project. The pond also serves as a good group. This increased the volume of Ainlabhata, another village in Gaisilat, educate his children, get his daughter source of water and fodder growth in the water in the WHS. The stored water of farm fields suffered heavy loss due to married last year organising a grand adjoining pasture for drinking and Jharan Munda WHS is now used to runoff from the Khairpali Upper-ridges. feast attended by 200 fellow villagers, grazing by cattle of the village. irrigate 10 acres land at the lower level. A 70 ft. long guard wall has been Farm pond providing life saving irrigation to purchase household assets like one Farmers have experienced tremendous Cattle grazing on pasture alongside WHS in The farmers express satisfaction for SHG members practicing pisciculture in farm Rushi’s farm – Tureikela, Bangomunda, Balangir constructed there to protect the field cycle, one Godrej wardrobe and take growth in farm productivity. Farmers of Podapali, Khariar, Nuapada having overcome the problems of water pond at Nedipanga - Phulbani, Kandhamal scarcity in their lands. Now they are bund. About 40 acres of land which Mumbai they worked for 3 months in one acre of land on lease for cultivation. Kotmer such as Ashok Bodek and his members had to engage in labouring and of 90% by the watershed fund and 10% harvesting increased crops. Gurubaru earlier used to be sand-cast due to construction sites and earned He attributes the progress attained in his brothers have harvested 300 quintals of the women in leaf plate making and by the user group was spent in the Sabar, a farmer having 1 acre of land runoff have now been recharged with Rs.10,000/-. They continued migrating livelihood to the farm pond and the paddy from their 34 acres of land apart selling to earn their livelihoods. excavation of the WHS. It took 3 months was reaping only 1 quintal of paddy. ground water. Cross bunds have been every year for 4 years. Life appeared as promises it has for stabilizing agricultural Cattle find source of water and fodder from from rich yields of onion, pulses and Diversion bund providing protective irrigation to time with contribution of labour by 60 Today his output has gone up to 7.5 The farmers approached Nedipanga built along the course of the canal to a battle defeating all their efforts to eke operations. He aims to buy a pump and around WHS in Kotmer, Dharmagarh, Kalahandi moong. Anirudha Bodek having 9 acres fields in Chhindrapali, Gaisilat, Bargarh farmers of Podapali to complete the quintals. Similarly, marginal farmers like Watershed Committee and discussed collect water and improve soil moisture out a living. irrigate more land for higher volume of of land has reaped 60 quintals of paddy work in February 2009. A massive 232 During rainy season excess water of the In 2003-04, field functionaries of PIA Sashidhar and Tigiram have about how to secure water supply for of adjacent fields. Farmers have now got farm outputs. and 2 quintals of moong. Assisted with ft long bund was constructed in between MI project passed through an open In 2008-09, the field staff of PIA Gram ASCO, Dharmagarh, initiated under experienced an increase of paddy by 30 cultivation. Under implementation DPAP 10 to 15 packets more of paddy per acre Source: Sri Satyabrata Guru, CBT Livelihood, th mango grafts by the Watershed the farmers’ fields and the WHS. With th surplus into agricultural fields of the Vikash while implementing WORLP DPAP 7 batch implementation, the quintals from their fields. With increased 12 batch the Committee formed a user because of the runoff management. PD Watersheds Office, Balangir Committee, Gopabandhu Bodek has runoff collected in the WHS ground villages downstream. In consequence, programme for developing rainfed areas process of excavation of a runoff vegetative coverage farmers have tried group consisting of 9 members of them. planted 50 Amrapally Mango grafts in water has been recharged. Bishnu heavy sediments of silt used to get The villagers are now happy that the of western Orissa sensitized farmers to management structure (RMS) in about with different crops like pulses, onion In 2007-08 a sum of Rs. 1 lakh was the year 2007-08 and expects to get Sabar, the committee secretary says deposited in the fields. Fertile soil was bund has checked soil erosion, adopt drought proofing measures. The Enriching Moisture Regime 1.5 acres of land at the base of the and vegetables. Besides, the WHS is sanctioned under the Project for good yield in the coming year. Pursuing that earlier he could get a yield of 1.5 washed away through ravines created prevented their lands from sand casting PIA facilitated in excavation of a farm of Upland Soil Chilidangari. With an investment of Rs. used for pisciculture, duck rearing and construction of a farm pond measuring backyard farming farmers have reaped quintals of paddy and 2 quintals of by the torrent. Villagers approached the and provided protective irrigation. pond in the field of Rushi under Jaya 1.66 lakhs, near about 400 farmers livestock too. They have realized the 100ft x 100ft x 10ft size. The pond was Barren uplands have turned fertile now papaya, drumstick, amla, guava, custard moong from his 2 acres of land. Now he Maa Mohadasoni Watershed in under Belpatinala MSW in Bokrasil potential of water conservation and with excavated with contribution of labour by and the villagers are cultivating contributed labour in digging the earth apple, lemon etc. for their own nutrition has harvested 20 quintals of paddy, 25 Chhindrapali under Hariyali III of DPAP and selling in the near by market at support from the watershed committee 32 farmers of Sraki under guidance of th vegetables there extensively. Their farm- and it took 2 months to complete the quintals of moong from the same land. 11 batch, for helping them out. Under constructed 12 WHSs and 22 farm Sri P.K. Jena, Soil Conservation Section profitable rates. Besides, the WHS has been used for guidance of Sri Sanatan Mishra, PIA based occupations have been stabilized Chilkurla RMS. Under the same Project ponds in the village. pisciculture by the villagers. Cattle of the Officer, Phulbani and was completed in JSCO, Gaisilat, a 621 ft. long diversion due to ridge to valley treatments of land. in 2003-04 the Tentulikata bund was Increased crop harvests have resulted village can now drink from the WHS and Source: PIA SVA Team, Khariar, Nuapada 3 months time. It contained 2400 cc bund was erected by the villagers at an Source: Sri Toshabanta Sahu, WDTM Engg, constructed at the base of Matimatal in major changes in the life styles of the graze along the bank. Not only that, water volume and provided life saving investment of Rs.50,000/- from the PIA Gaisilat, Bargarh. Dangari at Kotmer under Kusum Nala farmers. They have been consuming water levels of the well and farm ponds Livelihoods Supported by irrigation to 10 acres of farm land in its watershed fund. The runoff was diverted MWS. 4 to 5 acres of catchment area nutritious food these days. Moong in the fields have also gone up due to Farm Pond surrounding. Farmers could take up Rabi through streams in three directions – Farm Pond – Rejuvenating below the bund got inundated with water production has been taken up in larger seepage of water from the WHS crops and vegetable cultivation and are one towards the village kata (a 100 year during monsoon providing seepage to scales. Their children have received Vegetative Coverage in Run-off Management Structure improving arability resulting in cultivation by the farmers getting 3 quintals more than their past old pond) in south-east, one towards the 120 acres of farm land in the village better and steady education. They have Rainfed Area Mixed cropping with vegetables and maize in of land in Bokrasil, Dharmagarh, Kalahandi round the year. yields. Besides irrigation, the pond is north-east through a culvert across the round the year. Water from these ponds found better market linkages enhancing Rushi's farm - Tureikela, Bangomunda, Balangir also used for pisciculture by a women’s road from Chhindrapali to Turcha and Chilidangari and Matimatal Dangari are was channeled through open surplus their income from sale of farm outputs. Kodaldunguri, another village in Khariar, SHG consisting of 12 members of the another in the north-west direction Jagannath Watershed Committee in the mountains in the fringes of two and sluice to the lands beyond. These Mobile phones are increasingly used by has 101 households depending mainly village. The group has released 3000 alongside the village. As a result convergence with NREGS. The pond is contiguous villages namely, Bokrasil and water bodies have been protected the farmers taking advantage of instant on cultivation of paddy for their irrigation of more than 300 acres of land 3 meters deep and measured at 20 x 20 Kotmer in Dharamgarh block of against silt deposit from runoff by loose communication and information on crops livelihood. But scarcity of water and fingerlings in the pond. The fish have has now been protected in the kharif square feet area. A sum of Rs.48267/- . Runoff from these boulder structures and guard bunds and markets. Livelihoods of the farmers degradation of lands due to runoff were grown up to 250 grams now and are season. Surplus water from the Kata has was spent in the excavation of the farm mountains used to sand cast and form constructed by the villagers in the upper are now secure with promises for a the major reason for low crop yields. expected to be of 1 Kg weight upon also irrigated the land beyond. The pond. During rainy season the pond was gullies in about 100 acres of land ridges. Renovation of the Kendukatta better future. Jharanmunda, a WHS excavated with harvest which will fetch them good situated at the base of the mountains. pond in Kotmer has benefitted the current yield per acre is estimated to be filled with water up to its brim providing Source: PIA ASCO and Team members, assistance from the Soil Conservation Delighted children of Nedipanga bathing in farm pond - financial returns from the market. They 30 quintals. Besides villagers of life saving irrigation to the nearby land. Excess runoff flowed down depositing farmers immensely. Located in the upper Dharmagarh, Kalahandi Dept. in 2002, collected less water than Phulbani, Kandhamal have taken protective measures to Chhindrapali have done pisciculture in Besides Kharif crops, Rushi cultivated required for cultivation and was used for safeguard growth of fish. Villagers are various vegetables and other Rabi crops bathing purpose only by the villagers. Nedipanga and Kutibari in Sraki, a the Kata. They have protected the Rushi with his family – Tureikela, Bangomunda, COMMUNITY CHRONICLE also using the pond for bathing diversion bund with grass turfs. Besides Balangir in his land. This switch over of cultivation In the year 2007, farmers discussed with village in Katringia GP, Phulbani block purposes. Cattle of the village come to a guard wall is currently under by Rushi from a single crop, i.e. paddy Runoff Management the PIA Sahabhagi Vikash Abhiyan of consists of 120 the pond for drinking and grazing in the individual ownership of 2 to 4 acres of construction to prevent the bund from Rushi Behera is a 50 year old poor to several Rabi crops could be made Bringing Prosperity to (SVA) team (LSTs & WDTs) in households in total. The residents are pasture surrounding it. farmer in Tureikela village of possible by the farm pond enhancing his land could barely produce 7 quintals of Dhwajabandha WS committee meeting. mostly small and marginal farmers Having realized the impact of the pond Bangomunda block, . He income remarkably. Besides paddy, Farmers paddy per acre. Unable to pursue any depending on agriculture for their other crops due to lack of water they had on livelihoods, the villagers plan to and his 5 brothers had 6 acres of land. Rushi has grown onion, ground nuts, Productivity of farm land in Podapali sustenance. Due to inadequate maintain it by increasing its depth, However, scarcity of water foiled his maize intercropped with brinjal, tomato village at Khariar block, Nuapada district to engage in labour works for earning management of water resources, except efforts to carry out cultivation in his 2 and cluster beans in his land. Last year was very low. The earth remained dry livelihoods. in rainy season, the lands of these concretizing its bunds and acquiring acres share of land. With a large family he produced 2 quintals of Arhar, 20 through out the year due to scarcity of With the guidance of PIA SVA under farmers used to remain dry during rest more land in its vicinity for cultivation. of 4 sons and 3 daughters, it became quintals of paddy and 20 quintals of water. A Water Harvesting Structure WORLP a survey was carried out by the of the year. They could produce only 30 They also look out for excavating one almost impossible for him to look after onion of N-53 variety. He expects to (WHS) excavated 15 years back by Gram Nirman Watershed Committee Loose Boulder Check Dam protecting land from quintals of paddy and about 10 quintals more farm pond so as to increase their them. He along with his eldest son had produce 500 kg of brinjal, 5 quintals of DRDA was too small to collect the huge instituted in 2004 with 2 villages – Kurd run-off in Podapali, Khariar, Nuapada of potato in a year. Following traditional vegetative coverage area. Women to migrate to Mumbai in search of ground nut this year. He had released runoff from the mountains. The surplus and Kalan of Podapali. A spot named the watershed committee for expansion means of irrigation they were lifting members have planned to take up livelihood. He took Rs. 2100/- loan from 400 fingerlings (grass carps) in the pond runoff used to wash away the soil and Halbahali was identified by the village of the Halbahali WHS. They were named water by hand lifting device made of goatery and approached the watershed User Group members benefitting from Guard the landlord at Bhalumunda, a nearby and has already harvested 15 Kg of fish. there was almost no seepage of water watershed association for treatment. A as Halbahali User Group. From wood that was insufficient to collect committee for assistance. wall against heavy run-off in Ainlabhat, Gaisilat, village, at high interest rates for Now the fish in the pond have grown up to raise water table. 72 small and user group of 7 farmers owning 20 acres engineer’s estimates a sum of WHS recharging farm lands in Kodaldunguri, adequate water for purposes of Source: CBT Members, PD Watersheds Office, Bargarh travelling to Mumbai. During stay at to 800gm weight each and by April they marginal farmers of the village with of farm land near the WHS approached Rs.73,376/- contributed in the proportion Khariar, Nuapada cultivation in dry season. The male Kandhamal Page: 2 Page: 3 Page: 4 search of livelihood activities like crop being washed away by heavy-runoff. are expected to be above 1 Kg size. At heavy silt over the crop lands. In the land and having water through out the They proposed that the structure would cutting and brick making. All this was Loose boulder check dams have been the prevalent market rate of Rs. 100/- a absence of any storage tank the farmers year the pond serves in preserving store more water if interconnected with due to the heavy runoff from Thuajharan constructed in the upper ridges to kilo of fish, Rushi expects high profit from were unable to pursue cultivation moisture regime of soil enabling farmers streams. Accordingly, 6 loose boulder Micro Irrigation Project (MIP) at the base prevent silting in crop lands. More sale of those. whenever there was less or no rain in to cultivate paddy in khariff. In Rabi they structures (LBS) and one open surplus were of folded hills in the periphery. canals are being planned to irrigate Rise in income has enabled Rushi to pay the region. use the sluice to cultivate pulses. constructed at a cost of Rs.50,000/- of lands of nearby villages. off all his debts and provide nutritious Pisciculture is also encouraged in this which 5% was contributed by the user Under Budharaja Watershed in food to family members. He could also project. The pond also serves as a good group. This increased the volume of Ainlabhata, another village in Gaisilat, educate his children, get his daughter source of water and fodder growth in the water in the WHS. The stored water of farm fields suffered heavy loss due to married last year organising a grand adjoining pasture for drinking and Jharan Munda WHS is now used to runoff from the Khairpali Upper-ridges. feast attended by 200 fellow villagers, grazing by cattle of the village. irrigate 10 acres land at the lower level. A 70 ft. long guard wall has been Farm pond providing life saving irrigation to purchase household assets like one Farmers have experienced tremendous Cattle grazing on pasture alongside WHS in The farmers express satisfaction for SHG members practicing pisciculture in farm Rushi’s farm – Tureikela, Bangomunda, Balangir constructed there to protect the field cycle, one Godrej wardrobe and take growth in farm productivity. Farmers of Podapali, Khariar, Nuapada having overcome the problems of water pond at Nedipanga - Phulbani, Kandhamal scarcity in their lands. Now they are bund. About 40 acres of land which Mumbai they worked for 3 months in one acre of land on lease for cultivation. Kotmer such as Ashok Bodek and his members had to engage in labouring and of 90% by the watershed fund and 10% harvesting increased crops. Gurubaru earlier used to be sand-cast due to construction sites and earned He attributes the progress attained in his brothers have harvested 300 quintals of the women in leaf plate making and by the user group was spent in the Sabar, a farmer having 1 acre of land runoff have now been recharged with Rs.10,000/-. They continued migrating livelihood to the farm pond and the paddy from their 34 acres of land apart selling to earn their livelihoods. excavation of the WHS. It took 3 months was reaping only 1 quintal of paddy. ground water. Cross bunds have been every year for 4 years. Life appeared as promises it has for stabilizing agricultural Cattle find source of water and fodder from from rich yields of onion, pulses and Diversion bund providing protective irrigation to time with contribution of labour by 60 Today his output has gone up to 7.5 The farmers approached Nedipanga built along the course of the canal to a battle defeating all their efforts to eke operations. He aims to buy a pump and around WHS in Kotmer, Dharmagarh, Kalahandi moong. Anirudha Bodek having 9 acres fields in Chhindrapali, Gaisilat, Bargarh farmers of Podapali to complete the quintals. Similarly, marginal farmers like Watershed Committee and discussed collect water and improve soil moisture out a living. irrigate more land for higher volume of of land has reaped 60 quintals of paddy work in February 2009. A massive 232 During rainy season excess water of the In 2003-04, field functionaries of PIA Sashidhar and Tigiram have about how to secure water supply for of adjacent fields. Farmers have now got farm outputs. and 2 quintals of moong. Assisted with ft long bund was constructed in between MI project passed through an open In 2008-09, the field staff of PIA Gram ASCO, Dharmagarh, initiated under experienced an increase of paddy by 30 cultivation. Under implementation DPAP 10 to 15 packets more of paddy per acre Source: Sri Satyabrata Guru, CBT Livelihood, th mango grafts by the Watershed the farmers’ fields and the WHS. With th surplus into agricultural fields of the Vikash while implementing WORLP DPAP 7 batch implementation, the quintals from their fields. With increased 12 batch the Committee formed a user because of the runoff management. PD Watersheds Office, Balangir Committee, Gopabandhu Bodek has runoff collected in the WHS ground villages downstream. In consequence, programme for developing rainfed areas process of excavation of a runoff vegetative coverage farmers have tried group consisting of 9 members of them. planted 50 Amrapally Mango grafts in water has been recharged. Bishnu heavy sediments of silt used to get The villagers are now happy that the of western Orissa sensitized farmers to management structure (RMS) in about with different crops like pulses, onion In 2007-08 a sum of Rs. 1 lakh was the year 2007-08 and expects to get Sabar, the committee secretary says deposited in the fields. Fertile soil was bund has checked soil erosion, adopt drought proofing measures. The Enriching Moisture Regime 1.5 acres of land at the base of the and vegetables. Besides, the WHS is sanctioned under the Project for good yield in the coming year. Pursuing that earlier he could get a yield of 1.5 washed away through ravines created prevented their lands from sand casting PIA facilitated in excavation of a farm of Upland Soil Chilidangari. With an investment of Rs. used for pisciculture, duck rearing and construction of a farm pond measuring backyard farming farmers have reaped quintals of paddy and 2 quintals of by the torrent. Villagers approached the and provided protective irrigation. pond in the field of Rushi under Jaya 1.66 lakhs, near about 400 farmers livestock too. They have realized the 100ft x 100ft x 10ft size. The pond was Barren uplands have turned fertile now papaya, drumstick, amla, guava, custard moong from his 2 acres of land. Now he Maa Mohadasoni Watershed in under Belpatinala MSW in Bokrasil potential of water conservation and with excavated with contribution of labour by and the villagers are cultivating contributed labour in digging the earth apple, lemon etc. for their own nutrition has harvested 20 quintals of paddy, 25 Chhindrapali under Hariyali III of DPAP and selling in the near by market at support from the watershed committee 32 farmers of Sraki under guidance of th vegetables there extensively. Their farm- and it took 2 months to complete the quintals of moong from the same land. 11 batch, for helping them out. Under constructed 12 WHSs and 22 farm Sri P.K. Jena, Soil Conservation Section profitable rates. Besides, the WHS has been used for guidance of Sri Sanatan Mishra, PIA based occupations have been stabilized Chilkurla RMS. Under the same Project ponds in the village. pisciculture by the villagers. Cattle of the Officer, Phulbani and was completed in JSCO, Gaisilat, a 621 ft. long diversion due to ridge to valley treatments of land. in 2003-04 the Tentulikata bund was Increased crop harvests have resulted village can now drink from the WHS and Source: PIA SVA Team, Khariar, Nuapada 3 months time. It contained 2400 cc bund was erected by the villagers at an Source: Sri Toshabanta Sahu, WDTM Engg, constructed at the base of Matimatal in major changes in the life styles of the graze along the bank. Not only that, water volume and provided life saving investment of Rs.50,000/- from the PIA Gaisilat, Bargarh. Dangari at Kotmer under Kusum Nala farmers. They have been consuming water levels of the well and farm ponds Livelihoods Supported by irrigation to 10 acres of farm land in its watershed fund. The runoff was diverted MWS. 4 to 5 acres of catchment area nutritious food these days. Moong in the fields have also gone up due to Farm Pond surrounding. Farmers could take up Rabi through streams in three directions – Farm Pond – Rejuvenating below the bund got inundated with water production has been taken up in larger seepage of water from the WHS crops and vegetable cultivation and are one towards the village kata (a 100 year during monsoon providing seepage to scales. Their children have received Vegetative Coverage in Run-off Management Structure improving arability resulting in cultivation by the farmers getting 3 quintals more than their past old pond) in south-east, one towards the 120 acres of farm land in the village better and steady education. They have Rainfed Area Mixed cropping with vegetables and maize in of land in Bokrasil, Dharmagarh, Kalahandi round the year. yields. Besides irrigation, the pond is north-east through a culvert across the round the year. Water from these ponds found better market linkages enhancing Rushi's farm - Tureikela, Bangomunda, Balangir also used for pisciculture by a women’s road from Chhindrapali to Turcha and Chilidangari and Matimatal Dangari are was channeled through open surplus their income from sale of farm outputs. Kodaldunguri, another village in Khariar, SHG consisting of 12 members of the another in the north-west direction Jagannath Watershed Committee in the mountains in the fringes of two and sluice to the lands beyond. These Mobile phones are increasingly used by has 101 households depending mainly village. The group has released 3000 alongside the village. As a result convergence with NREGS. The pond is contiguous villages namely, Bokrasil and water bodies have been protected the farmers taking advantage of instant on cultivation of paddy for their irrigation of more than 300 acres of land 3 meters deep and measured at 20 x 20 Kotmer in Dharamgarh block of against silt deposit from runoff by loose communication and information on crops livelihood. But scarcity of water and fingerlings in the pond. The fish have has now been protected in the kharif square feet area. A sum of Rs.48267/- Kalahandi district. Runoff from these boulder structures and guard bunds and markets. Livelihoods of the farmers degradation of lands due to runoff were grown up to 250 grams now and are season. Surplus water from the Kata has was spent in the excavation of the farm mountains used to sand cast and form constructed by the villagers in the upper are now secure with promises for a the major reason for low crop yields. expected to be of 1 Kg weight upon also irrigated the land beyond. The pond. During rainy season the pond was gullies in about 100 acres of land ridges. Renovation of the Kendukatta better future. Jharanmunda, a WHS excavated with harvest which will fetch them good situated at the base of the mountains. pond in Kotmer has benefitted the current yield per acre is estimated to be filled with water up to its brim providing Source: PIA ASCO and Team members, assistance from the Soil Conservation Delighted children of Nedipanga bathing in farm pond - financial returns from the market. They 30 quintals. Besides villagers of life saving irrigation to the nearby land. Excess runoff flowed down depositing farmers immensely. Located in the upper Dharmagarh, Kalahandi Dept. in 2002, collected less water than Phulbani, Kandhamal have taken protective measures to Chhindrapali have done pisciculture in Besides Kharif crops, Rushi cultivated required for cultivation and was used for safeguard growth of fish. Villagers are various vegetables and other Rabi crops bathing purpose only by the villagers. Nedipanga and Kutibari in Sraki, a the Kata. They have protected the Rushi with his family – Tureikela, Bangomunda, COMMUNITY CHRONICLE also using the pond for bathing diversion bund with grass turfs. Besides Balangir in his land. This switch over of cultivation In the year 2007, farmers discussed with village in Katringia GP, Phulbani block purposes. Cattle of the village come to a guard wall is currently under by Rushi from a single crop, i.e. paddy Runoff Management the PIA Sahabhagi Vikash Abhiyan of Kandhamal district consists of 120 the pond for drinking and grazing in the individual ownership of 2 to 4 acres of construction to prevent the bund from Rushi Behera is a 50 year old poor to several Rabi crops could be made Bringing Prosperity to (SVA) team (LSTs & WDTs) in households in total. The residents are pasture surrounding it. farmer in Tureikela village of possible by the farm pond enhancing his land could barely produce 7 quintals of Dhwajabandha WS committee meeting. mostly small and marginal farmers Having realized the impact of the pond Bangomunda block, Balangir district. He income remarkably. Besides paddy, Farmers paddy per acre. Unable to pursue any depending on agriculture for their other crops due to lack of water they had on livelihoods, the villagers plan to and his 5 brothers had 6 acres of land. Rushi has grown onion, ground nuts, Productivity of farm land in Podapali sustenance. Due to inadequate maintain it by increasing its depth, However, scarcity of water foiled his maize intercropped with brinjal, tomato village at Khariar block, Nuapada district to engage in labour works for earning management of water resources, except efforts to carry out cultivation in his 2 and cluster beans in his land. Last year was very low. The earth remained dry livelihoods. in rainy season, the lands of these concretizing its bunds and acquiring acres share of land. With a large family he produced 2 quintals of Arhar, 20 through out the year due to scarcity of With the guidance of PIA SVA under farmers used to remain dry during rest more land in its vicinity for cultivation. of 4 sons and 3 daughters, it became quintals of paddy and 20 quintals of water. A Water Harvesting Structure WORLP a survey was carried out by the of the year. They could produce only 30 They also look out for excavating one almost impossible for him to look after onion of N-53 variety. He expects to (WHS) excavated 15 years back by Gram Nirman Watershed Committee Loose Boulder Check Dam protecting land from quintals of paddy and about 10 quintals more farm pond so as to increase their them. He along with his eldest son had produce 500 kg of brinjal, 5 quintals of DRDA was too small to collect the huge instituted in 2004 with 2 villages – Kurd run-off in Podapali, Khariar, Nuapada of potato in a year. Following traditional vegetative coverage area. Women to migrate to Mumbai in search of ground nut this year. He had released runoff from the mountains. The surplus and Kalan of Podapali. A spot named the watershed committee for expansion means of irrigation they were lifting members have planned to take up livelihood. He took Rs. 2100/- loan from 400 fingerlings (grass carps) in the pond runoff used to wash away the soil and Halbahali was identified by the village of the Halbahali WHS. They were named water by hand lifting device made of goatery and approached the watershed User Group members benefitting from Guard the landlord at Bhalumunda, a nearby and has already harvested 15 Kg of fish. there was almost no seepage of water watershed association for treatment. A as Halbahali User Group. From wood that was insufficient to collect committee for assistance. wall against heavy run-off in Ainlabhat, Gaisilat, village, at high interest rates for Now the fish in the pond have grown up to raise water table. 72 small and user group of 7 farmers owning 20 acres engineer’s estimates a sum of WHS recharging farm lands in Kodaldunguri, adequate water for purposes of Source: CBT Members, PD Watersheds Office, Bargarh travelling to Mumbai. During stay at to 800gm weight each and by April they marginal farmers of the village with of farm land near the WHS approached Rs.73,376/- contributed in the proportion Khariar, Nuapada cultivation in dry season. The male Kandhamal Page: 2 Page: 3 Page: 4 search of livelihood activities like crop being washed away by heavy-runoff. are expected to be above 1 Kg size. At heavy silt over the crop lands. In the land and having water through out the They proposed that the structure would cutting and brick making. All this was Loose boulder check dams have been the prevalent market rate of Rs. 100/- a absence of any storage tank the farmers year the pond serves in preserving store more water if interconnected with due to the heavy runoff from Thuajharan constructed in the upper ridges to kilo of fish, Rushi expects high profit from were unable to pursue cultivation moisture regime of soil enabling farmers streams. Accordingly, 6 loose boulder Micro Irrigation Project (MIP) at the base prevent silting in crop lands. More sale of those. whenever there was less or no rain in to cultivate paddy in khariff. In Rabi they structures (LBS) and one open surplus were of folded hills in the periphery. canals are being planned to irrigate Rise in income has enabled Rushi to pay the region. use the sluice to cultivate pulses. constructed at a cost of Rs.50,000/- of lands of nearby villages. off all his debts and provide nutritious Pisciculture is also encouraged in this which 5% was contributed by the user Under Budharaja Watershed in food to family members. He could also project. The pond also serves as a good group. This increased the volume of Ainlabhata, another village in Gaisilat, educate his children, get his daughter source of water and fodder growth in the water in the WHS. The stored water of farm fields suffered heavy loss due to married last year organising a grand adjoining pasture for drinking and Jharan Munda WHS is now used to runoff from the Khairpali Upper-ridges. feast attended by 200 fellow villagers, grazing by cattle of the village. irrigate 10 acres land at the lower level. A 70 ft. long guard wall has been Farm pond providing life saving irrigation to purchase household assets like one Farmers have experienced tremendous Cattle grazing on pasture alongside WHS in The farmers express satisfaction for SHG members practicing pisciculture in farm Rushi’s farm – Tureikela, Bangomunda, Balangir constructed there to protect the field cycle, one Godrej wardrobe and take growth in farm productivity. Farmers of Podapali, Khariar, Nuapada having overcome the problems of water pond at Nedipanga - Phulbani, Kandhamal scarcity in their lands. Now they are bund. About 40 acres of land which Mumbai they worked for 3 months in one acre of land on lease for cultivation. Kotmer such as Ashok Bodek and his members had to engage in labouring and of 90% by the watershed fund and 10% harvesting increased crops. Gurubaru earlier used to be sand-cast due to construction sites and earned He attributes the progress attained in his brothers have harvested 300 quintals of the women in leaf plate making and by the user group was spent in the Sabar, a farmer having 1 acre of land runoff have now been recharged with Rs.10,000/-. They continued migrating livelihood to the farm pond and the paddy from their 34 acres of land apart selling to earn their livelihoods. excavation of the WHS. It took 3 months was reaping only 1 quintal of paddy. ground water. Cross bunds have been every year for 4 years. Life appeared as promises it has for stabilizing agricultural Cattle find source of water and fodder from from rich yields of onion, pulses and Diversion bund providing protective irrigation to time with contribution of labour by 60 Today his output has gone up to 7.5 The farmers approached Nedipanga built along the course of the canal to a battle defeating all their efforts to eke operations. He aims to buy a pump and around WHS in Kotmer, Dharmagarh, Kalahandi moong. Anirudha Bodek having 9 acres fields in Chhindrapali, Gaisilat, Bargarh farmers of Podapali to complete the quintals. Similarly, marginal farmers like Watershed Committee and discussed collect water and improve soil moisture out a living. irrigate more land for higher volume of of land has reaped 60 quintals of paddy work in February 2009. A massive 232 During rainy season excess water of the In 2003-04, field functionaries of PIA Sashidhar and Tigiram have about how to secure water supply for of adjacent fields. Farmers have now got farm outputs. and 2 quintals of moong. Assisted with ft long bund was constructed in between MI project passed through an open In 2008-09, the field staff of PIA Gram ASCO, Dharmagarh, initiated under experienced an increase of paddy by 30 cultivation. Under implementation DPAP 10 to 15 packets more of paddy per acre Source: Sri Satyabrata Guru, CBT Livelihood, th mango grafts by the Watershed the farmers’ fields and the WHS. With th surplus into agricultural fields of the Vikash while implementing WORLP DPAP 7 batch implementation, the quintals from their fields. With increased 12 batch the Committee formed a user because of the runoff management. PD Watersheds Office, Balangir Committee, Gopabandhu Bodek has runoff collected in the WHS ground villages downstream. In consequence, programme for developing rainfed areas process of excavation of a runoff vegetative coverage farmers have tried group consisting of 9 members of them. planted 50 Amrapally Mango grafts in water has been recharged. Bishnu heavy sediments of silt used to get The villagers are now happy that the of western Orissa sensitized farmers to management structure (RMS) in about with different crops like pulses, onion In 2007-08 a sum of Rs. 1 lakh was the year 2007-08 and expects to get Sabar, the committee secretary says deposited in the fields. Fertile soil was bund has checked soil erosion, adopt drought proofing measures. The Enriching Moisture Regime 1.5 acres of land at the base of the and vegetables. Besides, the WHS is sanctioned under the Project for good yield in the coming year. Pursuing that earlier he could get a yield of 1.5 washed away through ravines created prevented their lands from sand casting PIA facilitated in excavation of a farm of Upland Soil Chilidangari. With an investment of Rs. used for pisciculture, duck rearing and construction of a farm pond measuring backyard farming farmers have reaped quintals of paddy and 2 quintals of by the torrent. Villagers approached the and provided protective irrigation. pond in the field of Rushi under Jaya 1.66 lakhs, near about 400 farmers livestock too. They have realized the 100ft x 100ft x 10ft size. The pond was Barren uplands have turned fertile now papaya, drumstick, amla, guava, custard moong from his 2 acres of land. Now he Maa Mohadasoni Watershed in under Belpatinala MSW in Bokrasil potential of water conservation and with excavated with contribution of labour by and the villagers are cultivating contributed labour in digging the earth apple, lemon etc. for their own nutrition has harvested 20 quintals of paddy, 25 Chhindrapali under Hariyali III of DPAP and selling in the near by market at support from the watershed committee 32 farmers of Sraki under guidance of th vegetables there extensively. Their farm- and it took 2 months to complete the quintals of moong from the same land. 11 batch, for helping them out. Under constructed 12 WHSs and 22 farm Sri P.K. Jena, Soil Conservation Section profitable rates. Besides, the WHS has been used for guidance of Sri Sanatan Mishra, PIA based occupations have been stabilized Chilkurla RMS. Under the same Project ponds in the village. pisciculture by the villagers. Cattle of the Officer, Phulbani and was completed in JSCO, Gaisilat, a 621 ft. long diversion due to ridge to valley treatments of land. in 2003-04 the Tentulikata bund was Increased crop harvests have resulted village can now drink from the WHS and Source: PIA SVA Team, Khariar, Nuapada 3 months time. It contained 2400 cc bund was erected by the villagers at an Source: Sri Toshabanta Sahu, WDTM Engg, constructed at the base of Matimatal in major changes in the life styles of the graze along the bank. Not only that, water volume and provided life saving investment of Rs.50,000/- from the PIA Gaisilat, Bargarh. Dangari at Kotmer under Kusum Nala farmers. They have been consuming water levels of the well and farm ponds Livelihoods Supported by irrigation to 10 acres of farm land in its watershed fund. The runoff was diverted MWS. 4 to 5 acres of catchment area nutritious food these days. Moong in the fields have also gone up due to Farm Pond surrounding. Farmers could take up Rabi through streams in three directions – Farm Pond – Rejuvenating below the bund got inundated with water production has been taken up in larger seepage of water from the WHS crops and vegetable cultivation and are one towards the village kata (a 100 year during monsoon providing seepage to scales. Their children have received Vegetative Coverage in Run-off Management Structure improving arability resulting in cultivation by the farmers getting 3 quintals more than their past old pond) in south-east, one towards the 120 acres of farm land in the village better and steady education. They have Rainfed Area Mixed cropping with vegetables and maize in of land in Bokrasil, Dharmagarh, Kalahandi round the year. yields. Besides irrigation, the pond is north-east through a culvert across the round the year. Water from these ponds found better market linkages enhancing Rushi's farm - Tureikela, Bangomunda, Balangir also used for pisciculture by a women’s road from Chhindrapali to Turcha and Chilidangari and Matimatal Dangari are was channeled through open surplus their income from sale of farm outputs. Kodaldunguri, another village in Khariar, SHG consisting of 12 members of the another in the north-west direction Jagannath Watershed Committee in the mountains in the fringes of two and sluice to the lands beyond. These Mobile phones are increasingly used by has 101 households depending mainly village. The group has released 3000 alongside the village. As a result convergence with NREGS. The pond is contiguous villages namely, Bokrasil and water bodies have been protected the farmers taking advantage of instant on cultivation of paddy for their irrigation of more than 300 acres of land 3 meters deep and measured at 20 x 20 Kotmer in Dharamgarh block of against silt deposit from runoff by loose communication and information on crops livelihood. But scarcity of water and fingerlings in the pond. The fish have has now been protected in the kharif square feet area. A sum of Rs.48267/- Kalahandi district. Runoff from these boulder structures and guard bunds and markets. Livelihoods of the farmers degradation of lands due to runoff were grown up to 250 grams now and are season. Surplus water from the Kata has was spent in the excavation of the farm mountains used to sand cast and form constructed by the villagers in the upper are now secure with promises for a the major reason for low crop yields. expected to be of 1 Kg weight upon also irrigated the land beyond. The pond. During rainy season the pond was gullies in about 100 acres of land ridges. Renovation of the Kendukatta better future. Jharanmunda, a WHS excavated with harvest which will fetch them good situated at the base of the mountains. pond in Kotmer has benefitted the current yield per acre is estimated to be filled with water up to its brim providing Source: PIA ASCO and Team members, assistance from the Soil Conservation Delighted children of Nedipanga bathing in farm pond - financial returns from the market. They 30 quintals. Besides villagers of life saving irrigation to the nearby land. Excess runoff flowed down depositing farmers immensely. Located in the upper Dharmagarh, Kalahandi Dept. in 2002, collected less water than Phulbani, Kandhamal have taken protective measures to Chhindrapali have done pisciculture in Besides Kharif crops, Rushi cultivated required for cultivation and was used for safeguard growth of fish. Villagers are various vegetables and other Rabi crops bathing purpose only by the villagers. Nedipanga and Kutibari in Sraki, a the Kata. They have protected the Rushi with his family – Tureikela, Bangomunda, COMMUNITY CHRONICLE also using the pond for bathing diversion bund with grass turfs. Besides Balangir in his land. This switch over of cultivation In the year 2007, farmers discussed with village in Katringia GP, Phulbani block purposes. Cattle of the village come to a guard wall is currently under by Rushi from a single crop, i.e. paddy Runoff Management the PIA Sahabhagi Vikash Abhiyan of Kandhamal district consists of 120 the pond for drinking and grazing in the individual ownership of 2 to 4 acres of construction to prevent the bund from Rushi Behera is a 50 year old poor to several Rabi crops could be made Bringing Prosperity to (SVA) team (LSTs & WDTs) in households in total. The residents are pasture surrounding it. farmer in Tureikela village of possible by the farm pond enhancing his land could barely produce 7 quintals of Dhwajabandha WS committee meeting. mostly small and marginal farmers Having realized the impact of the pond Bangomunda block, Balangir district. He income remarkably. Besides paddy, Farmers paddy per acre. Unable to pursue any depending on agriculture for their other crops due to lack of water they had on livelihoods, the villagers plan to and his 5 brothers had 6 acres of land. Rushi has grown onion, ground nuts, Productivity of farm land in Podapali sustenance. Due to inadequate maintain it by increasing its depth, However, scarcity of water foiled his maize intercropped with brinjal, tomato village at Khariar block, Nuapada district to engage in labour works for earning management of water resources, except efforts to carry out cultivation in his 2 and cluster beans in his land. Last year was very low. The earth remained dry livelihoods. in rainy season, the lands of these concretizing its bunds and acquiring acres share of land. With a large family he produced 2 quintals of Arhar, 20 through out the year due to scarcity of With the guidance of PIA SVA under farmers used to remain dry during rest more land in its vicinity for cultivation. of 4 sons and 3 daughters, it became quintals of paddy and 20 quintals of water. A Water Harvesting Structure WORLP a survey was carried out by the of the year. They could produce only 30 They also look out for excavating one almost impossible for him to look after onion of N-53 variety. He expects to (WHS) excavated 15 years back by Gram Nirman Watershed Committee Loose Boulder Check Dam protecting land from quintals of paddy and about 10 quintals more farm pond so as to increase their them. He along with his eldest son had produce 500 kg of brinjal, 5 quintals of DRDA was too small to collect the huge instituted in 2004 with 2 villages – Kurd run-off in Podapali, Khariar, Nuapada of potato in a year. Following traditional vegetative coverage area. Women to migrate to Mumbai in search of ground nut this year. He had released runoff from the mountains. The surplus and Kalan of Podapali. A spot named the watershed committee for expansion means of irrigation they were lifting members have planned to take up livelihood. He took Rs. 2100/- loan from 400 fingerlings (grass carps) in the pond runoff used to wash away the soil and Halbahali was identified by the village of the Halbahali WHS. They were named water by hand lifting device made of goatery and approached the watershed User Group members benefitting from Guard the landlord at Bhalumunda, a nearby and has already harvested 15 Kg of fish. there was almost no seepage of water watershed association for treatment. A as Halbahali User Group. From wood that was insufficient to collect committee for assistance. wall against heavy run-off in Ainlabhat, Gaisilat, village, at high interest rates for Now the fish in the pond have grown up to raise water table. 72 small and user group of 7 farmers owning 20 acres engineer’s estimates a sum of WHS recharging farm lands in Kodaldunguri, adequate water for purposes of Source: CBT Members, PD Watersheds Office, Bargarh travelling to Mumbai. During stay at to 800gm weight each and by April they marginal farmers of the village with of farm land near the WHS approached Rs.73,376/- contributed in the proportion Khariar, Nuapada cultivation in dry season. The male Kandhamal Page: 2 Page: 3 Page: 4 Director, OWDM visits Kandhamal: New PD in Watersheds, Nuapada: EVENTS AND NEWS Mr. Susanta Kumar Mallick, M.Sc (Ag) joined Onion Growers’ Co-op. Society Inaugurated: New Collector in Bargarh: as Project Director I/c, Sri Bhabagrahi Mishra, O.A.S joined as the Collector and Watersheds, Nuapada on Watershed Mission Leader, Bargarh on 08.02.2010 by taking 14th Jan, 2010. Earlier over charge from Sri Suresh Prasad Padhy who retired as working in several Collector Bargarh on 15.01.2010. The Project Director, capacities he has proven Watersheds, Bargarh welcomed and apprised him of the efficiency in implementing ongoing watershed projects in the district. watershed projects under various Government schemes. Under his leadership the Use of High Science Tools in IWMP Workshop watersheds development programme of the district is WESTERN ORISSA RURAL LIVELIHOODS PROJECT in New Delhi: expected to get a good mileage. Sri Sailendra Narayan Naik, Project Director, Watersheds, Sri G.B Reddy, IFS, Director OWDM, visited Kilabadi Micro Nuapada Watershed members’ exposure: Jan.-Feb., 2010, No.23 Bargarh participated in the workshop on “Use of High Science Watershed Project under DPAP- 8th batch on 18.02.2010 to 92 poor and very poor youths from watershed villages of Tools in IWMP” organized by ICRISAT, Hyderabad on 01- review the progress of watershed works and JEEBIKA Nuapada district during their visit to the 15th National Youth 02.02.2010 at NASC, New Delhi. activities in the district. He interacted with SHG and FIG Festival 2010 from 8th to 12th Jan10 at Bhubaneswar, had Members of Kilabadi micro watershed with PD, Watersheds, Office of Maa Bastarni Onion Growers Cooperative Society Bargarh PRI Members visit BAIF: exposures to different activities and institutes like mushroom CBT- NRM, and CBT- Monitoring and Evaluation, Kandhamal. composed of 215 onion growing farmers of Komna, Nuapada unit at Sakhigopal, CIFA, Khandagiri silviculture nursery and 29 Zilla Parishad Members and Panchayat Samiti Chair Inspecting soil and water conservation activities such as was inaugurated by Shri G. Bhaskar Reddy, IFS, Director, Ekamra Haat. persons of Bargarh district with facilitation by Sri S. R. Behera, Orissa Watershed Development Mission on 18.01.2010 at diversion bund, small masonry water bodies etc., he APD (LH) & Sri B.C. Dash of Watershed Mission, Bargarh Kendubhata, Nuapada. The Society got established under discussed with the field staff for furthering implementation of Tableau by Nuapada Watersheds Awarded: visited Tiptur centre of BAIF, Karnataka during 22-28 Feb’10. implementation of SPF, WORLP. It has been promoted by the Project. The PRI members were exposed to tree-based watershed Tableau on watershed model displayed by the Project PIA CPSW with the objective of empowering farmers to take activities, water conservation measures, dry land farming, New Additional Director in OWDM: Director, Watersheds, Nuapada on the Republic day 2010 in ownership and management of onion production and Nuapada district has been awarded first prize. 26 members SHG Marketing and Federations. Dr. Sarat Chandra Behera has joined as Additional Director marketing as a sustainable livelihood option. from two SHGs of Chhindpani Watershed also participated in OWDM on 01.01.2010. Earlier he has served as PD Kalahandi Ghumura Festival 2010 Celebrated: in this programme. National Conference of PDs, DRDA: Watersheds in Nuapada district. On-field aquaculture training to women Water harvesting through run-off Secure water source for cattle The Kalahandi Ghumura Festival 2010 was celebrated during SHG members - Balisugri, Kandhamal management at Kodaldunguri, Nuapada at Kotmer, Kalahandi 14-17.01.2010 at Bhawanipatna. 12 stalls on behalf of Watershed Mission had been opened. Growth in crops and veryone knows that water is critical would otherwise have gone unused but and prevent soil erosion and vegetables production, livestock and forest produce due to Eto nourishing and fostering life. also helps in recharging aquifers and downstream sedimentation. Water successful management of water, land, forests and capacity Kotmer, Dharmagarh, Kalahandi Regardless of social and physical tackles the problem of depleting water harvesting structures (WHS), farm building through training in mushrooms production were conditions, water is vital to the existence table in areas where ground water is ponds, and percolation tanks have been exhibited. of all. That is why sound management under enormous pressure. Insitu water excavated to collect excess runoff, RDC Monitors Watersheds in Kalahandi: of our water resources is imperative. harvesting is a key in watershed irrigate farm lands and recharge ground Development of integrated watershed development which helps in increasing water. Pond water is used for irrigation Mr. C. S Kumar, IAS, Revenue Divisional Commissioner programme is significant as it provides the soil moisture and productivity of and growing fish providing (Southern Division) along with Collector, Kalahandi, line opportunities to the local communities vegetations. This also acts as drought supplementary nutrition and income department officials and PD Watersheds Kalahandi visited to treat watersheds and conserve proofing measure. from sales. Farmers have cultivated Purunagumma Watershed on 3.02.10. He discussed with the natural resources for improving their Community participation in integrated pulses, vegetables and been practicing SHG members and beneficiaries about the watershed livelihoods. For managing and watershed management has resulted in backyard farming. An impact The National Conference of all DRDA Project Directors in activities and support. conserving water resources, the local better management of water resources. assessment of WORLP by Sambodhi in India was held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 20- Defence Personnel visit Watersheds in communities treat watershed areas and Different water management techniques 2008 reveals that almost three-fifth of 21.01.2010. On behalf of Orissa Watershed Development construct rainwater harvesting and have been adopted for conservation and the marginal farmers in the project Mission, Sri Niranjan Sahu, PSU Coordinator, WORLP, Balangir: recharge structures. Water harvesting use. Check dams have been built to watersheds have reported improvement presented a case study on success with WORLP initiatives Defense personnel from National Defence College, New Delhi not only conserves the water which reduce the speed and volume of runoff in disaster coping capacity. in reducing distress migration and ensuring food security of visited Bhuanpada village of Sri Jagannath MWS and poor families in watershed area. The presentation was highly Tentelkhunti MWS Gudvella block, Balangir on 29.1.2010. appreciated by about 600 PDs, DRDA. The Conference was They visited plantation programmes, water conservation DEVELOPMENTS oragnised by Ministry of Rural Development, Government of initiatives, livelihood initiatives and interacted with the Land Salvaged by Diversion Bund India. Among dignitaries who addressed the Conference were beneficiaries. Shri Sharad Pawar, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture and Dr C. Recruitment of WMT members in Kandhamal: Until a year back, more than 300 acres P. Joshi, Hon’ble Minister of Rural Development, GoI. of land in Kantajhuda, Chhindrapali and One-day Workshop on Fish Federation, A walk-in interview was conducted for recruitment of the nearby villages in Gaisilat block of Watershed Management Team members in different Bargarh: Bargarh district remained uncultivable disciplines of Micro Enterprises, Social, Engineering and Orissa Watershed Development Mission due to soil erosion and lack of proper Fish farmers from watershed areas of Bargarh district were Livelihood during 16-17.02.2010 for implementation of Watershed Mission Complex, Siripur, Bhubaneswar - 751 003 management of rain water. Despite good oriented on functional aspects of Fish Federation in one-day Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) in Tel: 0674 - 2397 308 / 2397 309 Fax: 0674 - 2397 988 rains, runoff from the encircling Email: [email protected] Website: www.worlp.com workshop at WUAC, Diptipur, Bargarh on 23.02.2010. Dr. five blocks of the district such as Khajuripada, Raikia, mountains not only washed away fertile Open surplus washed away by heavy run-off from Thuajharan MIP in Chhindrapali, Gaisilat, Bargarh Ambekar E. Eknath, Director and senior scientists of CIFA Chakapada, Tikabali, and Daringbadi. A Selection Committee Sourced and compiled by: District-level Communication Point Persons (CBT-Members) & Development Communication Officer, Bhubaneswar soil but also created gullies and ravines together with Shri Pravash Sahu, MC and Mr. S. N. Naik, PD chaired by Project Director – Watershed and Subject Matter Edited by: Sibananda Mishra, DCO; Photography: Mrutyunjaya Behera; Published by Communication Hub in the fields making it almost impossible barely meeting the consumption needs Watersheds Bargarh met farmers of three blocks of the district Specialists of Kandhamal conducted the screening process. on behalf of the Western Orissa Rural Livelihoods Project. Folded hills encircling Thuajharan MIP causing for any cultivation. Per acre yield of of the villagers. Land-owners had to Printed at Perfect Print & Graphics (P) Ltd., Bhubaneswar-10, Ph.: 0674-6539875. excess run-off in Chhindrapali fields of Gaisilat, and addressed the workshop. Bargarh paddy was only 7 quintals which was migrate to Bargarh and Hyderabad in

Page: 5 Director, OWDM visits Kandhamal: New PD in Watersheds, Nuapada: EVENTS AND NEWS Mr. Susanta Kumar Mallick, M.Sc (Ag) joined Onion Growers’ Co-op. Society Inaugurated: New Collector in Bargarh: as Project Director I/c, Sri Bhabagrahi Mishra, O.A.S joined as the Collector and Watersheds, Nuapada on Watershed Mission Leader, Bargarh on 08.02.2010 by taking 14th Jan, 2010. Earlier over charge from Sri Suresh Prasad Padhy who retired as working in several Collector Bargarh on 15.01.2010. The Project Director, capacities he has proven Watersheds, Bargarh welcomed and apprised him of the efficiency in implementing ongoing watershed projects in the district. watershed projects under various Government schemes. Under his leadership the Use of High Science Tools in IWMP Workshop watersheds development programme of the district is WESTERN ORISSA RURAL LIVELIHOODS PROJECT in New Delhi: expected to get a good mileage. Sri Sailendra Narayan Naik, Project Director, Watersheds, Sri G.B Reddy, IFS, Director OWDM, visited Kilabadi Micro Nuapada Watershed members’ exposure: Jan.-Feb., 2010, No.23 Bargarh participated in the workshop on “Use of High Science Watershed Project under DPAP- 8th batch on 18.02.2010 to 92 poor and very poor youths from watershed villages of Tools in IWMP” organized by ICRISAT, Hyderabad on 01- review the progress of watershed works and JEEBIKA Nuapada district during their visit to the 15th National Youth 02.02.2010 at NASC, New Delhi. activities in the district. He interacted with SHG and FIG Festival 2010 from 8th to 12th Jan10 at Bhubaneswar, had Members of Kilabadi micro watershed with PD, Watersheds, Office of Maa Bastarni Onion Growers Cooperative Society Bargarh PRI Members visit BAIF: exposures to different activities and institutes like mushroom CBT- NRM, and CBT- Monitoring and Evaluation, Kandhamal. composed of 215 onion growing farmers of Komna, Nuapada unit at Sakhigopal, CIFA, Khandagiri silviculture nursery and 29 Zilla Parishad Members and Panchayat Samiti Chair Inspecting soil and water conservation activities such as was inaugurated by Shri G. Bhaskar Reddy, IFS, Director, Ekamra Haat. persons of Bargarh district with facilitation by Sri S. R. Behera, Orissa Watershed Development Mission on 18.01.2010 at diversion bund, small masonry water bodies etc., he APD (LH) & Sri B.C. Dash of Watershed Mission, Bargarh Kendubhata, Nuapada. The Society got established under discussed with the field staff for furthering implementation of Tableau by Nuapada Watersheds Awarded: visited Tiptur centre of BAIF, Karnataka during 22-28 Feb’10. implementation of SPF, WORLP. It has been promoted by the Project. The PRI members were exposed to tree-based watershed Tableau on watershed model displayed by the Project PIA CPSW with the objective of empowering farmers to take activities, water conservation measures, dry land farming, New Additional Director in OWDM: Director, Watersheds, Nuapada on the Republic day 2010 in ownership and management of onion production and Nuapada district has been awarded first prize. 26 members SHG Marketing and Federations. Dr. Sarat Chandra Behera has joined as Additional Director marketing as a sustainable livelihood option. from two SHGs of Chhindpani Watershed also participated in OWDM on 01.01.2010. Earlier he has served as PD Kalahandi Ghumura Festival 2010 Celebrated: in this programme. National Conference of PDs, DRDA: Watersheds in Nuapada district. On-field aquaculture training to women Water harvesting through run-off Secure water source for cattle The Kalahandi Ghumura Festival 2010 was celebrated during SHG members - Balisugri, Kandhamal management at Kodaldunguri, Nuapada at Kotmer, Kalahandi 14-17.01.2010 at Bhawanipatna. 12 stalls on behalf of Watershed Mission had been opened. Growth in crops and veryone knows that water is critical would otherwise have gone unused but and prevent soil erosion and vegetables production, livestock and forest produce due to Eto nourishing and fostering life. also helps in recharging aquifers and downstream sedimentation. Water successful management of water, land, forests and capacity Kotmer, Dharmagarh, Kalahandi Regardless of social and physical tackles the problem of depleting water harvesting structures (WHS), farm building through training in mushrooms production were conditions, water is vital to the existence table in areas where ground water is ponds, and percolation tanks have been exhibited. of all. That is why sound management under enormous pressure. Insitu water excavated to collect excess runoff, RDC Monitors Watersheds in Kalahandi: of our water resources is imperative. harvesting is a key in watershed irrigate farm lands and recharge ground Development of integrated watershed development which helps in increasing water. Pond water is used for irrigation Mr. C. S Kumar, IAS, Revenue Divisional Commissioner programme is significant as it provides the soil moisture and productivity of and growing fish providing (Southern Division) along with Collector, Kalahandi, line opportunities to the local communities vegetations. This also acts as drought supplementary nutrition and income department officials and PD Watersheds Kalahandi visited to treat watersheds and conserve proofing measure. from sales. Farmers have cultivated Purunagumma Watershed on 3.02.10. He discussed with the natural resources for improving their Community participation in integrated pulses, vegetables and been practicing SHG members and beneficiaries about the watershed livelihoods. For managing and watershed management has resulted in backyard farming. An impact The National Conference of all DRDA Project Directors in activities and support. conserving water resources, the local better management of water resources. assessment of WORLP by Sambodhi in India was held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 20- Defence Personnel visit Watersheds in communities treat watershed areas and Different water management techniques 2008 reveals that almost three-fifth of 21.01.2010. On behalf of Orissa Watershed Development construct rainwater harvesting and have been adopted for conservation and the marginal farmers in the project Mission, Sri Niranjan Sahu, PSU Coordinator, WORLP, Balangir: recharge structures. Water harvesting use. Check dams have been built to watersheds have reported improvement presented a case study on success with WORLP initiatives Defense personnel from National Defence College, New Delhi not only conserves the water which reduce the speed and volume of runoff in disaster coping capacity. in reducing distress migration and ensuring food security of visited Bhuanpada village of Sri Jagannath MWS and poor families in watershed area. The presentation was highly Tentelkhunti MWS Gudvella block, Balangir on 29.1.2010. appreciated by about 600 PDs, DRDA. The Conference was They visited plantation programmes, water conservation DEVELOPMENTS oragnised by Ministry of Rural Development, Government of initiatives, livelihood initiatives and interacted with the Land Salvaged by Diversion Bund India. Among dignitaries who addressed the Conference were beneficiaries. Shri Sharad Pawar, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture and Dr C. Recruitment of WMT members in Kandhamal: Until a year back, more than 300 acres P. Joshi, Hon’ble Minister of Rural Development, GoI. of land in Kantajhuda, Chhindrapali and One-day Workshop on Fish Federation, A walk-in interview was conducted for recruitment of the nearby villages in Gaisilat block of Watershed Management Team members in different Bargarh: Bargarh district remained uncultivable disciplines of Micro Enterprises, Social, Engineering and Orissa Watershed Development Mission due to soil erosion and lack of proper Fish farmers from watershed areas of Bargarh district were Livelihood during 16-17.02.2010 for implementation of Watershed Mission Complex, Siripur, Bhubaneswar - 751 003 management of rain water. Despite good oriented on functional aspects of Fish Federation in one-day Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) in Tel: 0674 - 2397 308 / 2397 309 Fax: 0674 - 2397 988 rains, runoff from the encircling Email: [email protected] Website: www.worlp.com workshop at WUAC, Diptipur, Bargarh on 23.02.2010. Dr. five blocks of the district such as Khajuripada, Raikia, mountains not only washed away fertile Open surplus washed away by heavy run-off from Thuajharan MIP in Chhindrapali, Gaisilat, Bargarh Ambekar E. Eknath, Director and senior scientists of CIFA Chakapada, Tikabali, and Daringbadi. A Selection Committee Sourced and compiled by: District-level Communication Point Persons (CBT-Members) & Development Communication Officer, Bhubaneswar soil but also created gullies and ravines together with Shri Pravash Sahu, MC and Mr. S. N. Naik, PD chaired by Project Director – Watershed and Subject Matter Edited by: Sibananda Mishra, DCO; Photography: Mrutyunjaya Behera; Published by Communication Hub in the fields making it almost impossible barely meeting the consumption needs Watersheds Bargarh met farmers of three blocks of the district Specialists of Kandhamal conducted the screening process. on behalf of the Western Orissa Rural Livelihoods Project. Folded hills encircling Thuajharan MIP causing for any cultivation. Per acre yield of of the villagers. Land-owners had to Printed at Perfect Print & Graphics (P) Ltd., Bhubaneswar-10, Ph.: 0674-6539875. excess run-off in Chhindrapali fields of Gaisilat, and addressed the workshop. Bargarh paddy was only 7 quintals which was migrate to Bargarh and Hyderabad in

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