Every monthly donation helps more villages get access to water
There is no gurgling water sound in most of the hilly villages of Western Ghats, especially Doddur village of Sirsi Taluq. There is an acute shortage of rain and perennial water sources.
Manuvikasa sent an excavator machine to this village and developed a small farm pond. This pond got built up in 2 Guntas of land area which belongs to Manjunath Timma Madival. He irrigates his land by an electric pump and provides water to surrounding 4 farmers whenever they require water for protective irrigation.
Manjunath Madival is growing and protecting his horticulture garden with the support of pond water. He is growing areca as the main crop along with pepper and banana. This pond water has ensured the survival of these families.
By donating to this program
You will be sponsoring the benefits for different beneficiaries every month
What the beneficiary gets
Program Description
Uttara Kannada district is rich in biodiversity and yet has been facing a severe water scarcity for the past few years. Manuvikasa develops farm ponds, small tanks and helps farmers increase crop production through second crop and expansion of the agriculture area. So far, 1000 small tanks and farm ponds are developed and 2500 acres of land covered.
Manuvikasa builds at least 4 tanks in every village in places selected by farmers with the assistance of local water experts. Poor and needy farmers are selected for the project. An initial meeting is held and a suitable location is selected to dig the pond. The rejuvenation takes a month and the structure lasts for over 10 years with no maintenance.
The effort, time and cost needed for rejuvenation and construction are same and the tank sizes are a standard size of 30ft 30ft*9ft.
Manuvikasa
Program Updates
23 March, 2021
Water-a priceless treasure, help with pleasure to harvest water
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Water is a source of life. We can’t imagine the life of any organism in the world without water. Nowadays community is facing water scarcity and we all experienced the ill effect of the water scarcity. Water conservation is an urgent need of the hour. We build 4 tanks per village in 2 weeks in places selected by farmers with assistance of local water experts. Rejuvenation takes a month as we dry the soil. We use JCB (brand name) drilling machines for tank work and use labors for finishing and other works. We select beneficiaries with poverty for this donation option. First we conduct meeting with the beneficiaries and select the proper site for rejuvenation or construction of the work. Once we use JCB for one day, our staff or volunteers will take care of finishing work of the tank through local labor. Before construction, two to three labors will clean the site with removing weeds and shrubs. Then the water supply feeding channels – one for input and another for output are cleared. Both the activities take 5 days. One whole day is spent in digging with JCB. After this the bunds are strengthened using rub stones which are locally available. This and the final finishing work takes another week. The effort, time and cost needed for rejuvenation and construction are same. In rejuvenation, we remove the silt that is clogging the tank. Local people will be take confidence to identify the site which should benefit more number of beneficiaries after construction of tank. This selection of site, construction and finishing work completion required at least 15 days. The structure remains for more than 10 years and needs no maintenance.
5 July, 2020
Tanks developed to ease the difficulties of villagers
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Tanks developed to ease the difficulties of villagers
There were tanks developed in Hulimane, Hulibarkanjaddi, Bugadisara, Ummachagi and Belladda villages. In the beginning we were not able to develop ponds due to heavy rain. But now the program is running very well. The harvesting ponds are helping the villagers immensely.
3 December, 2019
Fieldsite images of harvesting ponds
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Fieldsite images of harvesting ponds
