Holistic rural development project – Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh) by HDFC Bank CSR (PARIVARTAN- A way towards progress)

Arpan Seva Sansthan is executing HRDPproject in Lateri block of Vidisha district (Madhya Pradesh)with a coverage of 10 villages with the support of HDFC Bank CSR. The project has been commissionedfrom July 1st 2020 with a goal ofLivelihood Enhancement and improvement of quality of life through Sustainable use of Natural Resources by Community in ten Villages of Vidisha District of Madhya Pradesh. The motive of the project is to serve the poor, marginalized, underserved and under privileged community through creating some sustainable livelihood alternatives. The outreach of the project is 10 villages considering 4275 families..

The objective of the project are as following:

• To generate awareness on different Natural Resource Management technology for water conservation (surface and ground water) and its management in proper manner.
• To motivate farmers towards adoption of new agricultural technologies with concept of Farmers’ Field School.
• To improve level of ground water significantly by the adoption of various water conservation techniques.
• To promote vegetable cultivation for getting higher income as well as nutrients to family members .
• To aware the community about health and sanitation.
• To promote income generation activities and self employment options for women and youth.

Activities done so far:-

Agriculture Training:

Provided agricultural training to the farmers on improved agricultural and horticultural practices, organic farming, farm level soil and water conservation, farm implements and micro-irrigation methods.

Animal Health Check-up camp :

Conducted Animal health check-up camps in all 10 villages and treated 1740 animals.

Installation of Solar Street lights:

100 Solar street lights has been installed in the project villages by benefitting 2500-3000 families to mitigate the electricity problems.