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ASRKHEDA WATERSHED PROJECT UNDER AGWDP (KFW – NABARD)

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The project was started in 1997 and completed in 2002 with financial support of NABARD and KFW the deaitls of the poeject are shown as below.

 

Name of the watershed(s) :

Asarkheda Watershed

Village (s) cover :

Asarkheda. Dongaon and Tupewadi

Taluka, Distric & State including postal code:

Taluka badnapur Dist. Jalna 431203 Maharashtra

Latitude 

20'02’N

Longitue

75055 E

Length

2.86 km

Breadth

4.35 km

Major drainage system of which the watershed is part.

River Purna

Identification code of the watershed

GP-28

Highest elevation in the watershed

664.0 m MSL

Lowest elevation in the watershed

587.0 m MSL

 
Activities and achievements.
 

Detailed land use of the watershed

 

Description

Village wise area (ha)

Asarkheda

Doangaon

Tupewadi

Total

1.Government Forest

16.78

-

-

16.78

2.Other revenue land

45.87

18.82

-

64.49

3. Panchayet land

3.79

-

-

3.79

4. Submergence area due to
   Tank/Ponds/Nalla Bed

2.02

-

-

2.02

5. Cultivated area
    a) Irrigated
    b) Rain fed


26.00
590.62


-
30.10


-
32.22


26.00
652.94

6. Cultivable waste land

29.70

14.44

-

44.14

7. Area not suitable for cultivation

64.61

-

-

64.61

Total Area of watershed

 

Village wise area (ha)

Asarkheda

Doangaon

Tupewadi

Total

710.93

44.54

32.22

787.69

Total Geographical Area of watershed

 

Village wise area (ha)

Asarkheda

Doangaon

Tupewadi

Total

779.39

63.36

32.22

874.97

Year of start June 1997

Impact of Asarkheda Watershed Development.
Change in land use pattern
 

--

Area(ha)

Before

After

Arable

501.30

577.35

Non Arable

64.00

27.00

 
 

Change in Socio economic status

 

Sr. no

Description

Before

After

1

Two wheeler motorcycle

04

19

2

Jeeps

Nil

04

3

Metadore / Tempo

Nil

02

4

Television

Nil

63

5

Phones

Nil

15

6

Latrines

Nil

80

7

Soakpits

Nil

07

8

Improved cooking stoves
(Smokeless chullah)

Nil

56

9

LPG Gas

Nil

01

10

Flour mill

Nil

03

11

Boring machine (horizontal)

Nil

11

12

Electric pump

53

153

Engineering measures
    ( software such as contour bunding, graded bunding, terracing etc.)
    executed for soil and water conversation.

 

Year

Work

Area covered (ha)

1998-99-2000

Peropheral and Compartment bunding (farm bunding)

528.13

Biological / vegetative measures executed for soil and water conversation.

 

Year

Type of work done

Purpose

Area covered (ha)

1998 to 2001

Continuous contour trenching, water absorption trench, Plantation of forest species and grass seeding.

Fodder, Fuel and vegetation growth

35.90

 
 
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