Building dreams with watersheds– Model Watershed in Nagulapally-Konapur

Watershed development program in India is silently revolutionalizing the rainfed areas and can become Growth Engine for inclusive and sustainable development in vast tracts of rainfed areas in India

•Project initiated in the year

2009 under a consortium that

included the Government of

India, ICRISAT, READ (Rural

Education and Agricultural

Development) and Government

of Telangana

• The project was developed for

demonstrating the potential of

rainfed areas for medium

rainfall dryland areas (700-1100

mm rainfall/annum)

Soil and water conservation structures include:

•Presently there are 42 borewells

and 5 open wells

•Also groundwater levels have

increased by 2.8-3.6 m after

construction of the new check

dams

Structure No of

units

Capacity in

m3

Rock Filled Dams 31 2400

Check Dams 5 6800

Mini Percolation

tanks

16 9600

Earthen Gully Plugs 10 2000

Farm Ponds 5 880

Sunken Ponds 16 2800

Stone Outlets 15 300

Farm Bunding near

fields

4874

Desilting of old

check dams

2 1100

Partners: Government of India, READ NGO, Watershed committee

Nagulapally and Konapur & Government of Telangana