REVIVAL OF RIVERS THROUGH
OPTIMUM HARVESTING :
REPLICABLE CONCEPT FOR ALL
OUR NON PERENNIAL RIVERS
PRESENTATION
BY
HARNATH JAGAWAT
AT THE
CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY
BHASKAR FOUNDATION AT BHOPAL ON 25-26 JUNE 2010
ON
“EFFICIENT WATER MANAGEMENT – CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS”
SOME ILLUSTRATIONS OF OPTIMUM
HARVESTING STRUCTURES ON RIVERS
River Kali-II, Dahod, Gujarat
Checkdam at Chosala Damor Falia on Kali-II
Checkdam at Dadgarh on Kali-II
Checkdam at Padatiya on Kali-II
There are 12 Check dams on river Kali-II and 20 Lift Irrigation on both
sides of these Check dams, irrigating about 5000 acres from lift
irrigation schemes and portable pump sets
Total cost of these 12 Check dams and
20 LI schemes was around Rs. 367 lakhs (3.67 crores)
Possibly a medium irrigation projects on this river would have costed
10-20 times more for above achievements of irrigation or even much
more for more achievements
SERIES OF CHECK DAMS ON
RIVER HIREN IN DISTRICT BANSWARA
Chorparnala Check dam on riverHiren
Borkhedi Check dam on river Hiren
The entire village celebrated the completion of Check Dam at Borkhedi, District
Banswara, Rajasthan. During the acute shortage of water in the summer of 2000,
this check dam was full of water. The celebration was an indication that people
owned this structure from the first day, which was going to transform their lives.
Recently completed Check dam Zumki, Banwara, Rajasthan
on river Hiren – constructed under RKVY
5 Check dams already constructed on this river Hiren and 9 more are planned to
be completed next 2-3 years by 2012 or 2013
With 14 check dams on this river, the entire river would be fully harvested having
large number of lift irrigation schemes attached with these check dams
On optimum harvesting the river will have water stored for 30 kms.
OPTIMUM HARVESTING STRUCTURES IN
JHALAWAR PORTION OF RIVER KSHIPRA
Check dam at village Parasali, Jhalawar, Rajasthan
constructed under SGSY Special Project
It stores 90 mcft water with back water covering 7 Kms. - in this river
the width of check dam about 200 mts. and dam height of 5 mts.
Check dam at village Nishalkhedi, Jhalawar, Rajasthan on river Kshipra
Check dam at village Karmakhedi, Jhalawar, Rajasthan on river Kshipra
5 structures in a series on river Kshipra in Jhalawar store totally
270 mcft water for about 30 kms. at a stretch
SMALL DAM ON BIG RIVER MAHI, DUNGARPUR, BANSWARA, RAJASTHAN
Baneshwardham check dam on river Mahi in Rajasthan - It stores 350 mcft
water–work completed in about net 7 months only by Sadguru Foundation
Check Dam constructed under Tribal Development & Implemented
by Sadguru Foundation - It stores water for 9 kms.
All our large and medium river systems can have series of
such small and cost effective check dams, ensuring equity and riparian
rights to most of the villages on such systems without affecting people,
property and environment
SERIES OF STRUCTURE ON SMALL NALA GIVING
WONDERFULL IMPACT
Series of small check dams on
one small stream in village Rozam
have contributed in recharging of
adjoining wells - Resulting in
successful horticulture and
floriculture activities. There are
totally 8 such Check dams –
4 seen here.
Every Nala in
India, particularly
in Western India
can be harvested
like this small Nala
65 Local
rivers and
rivulets have
been made
perennial
and few
more are in
the process
of becoming
perennial.