Watershed Development

Watershed Management


To conserve; regenerate and ensuring the judicious use of all the natural resources particularly land, water, vegetation, animals and human development, Arpan has been implementing Watershed Development projects in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh states through different CSR partners’ viz. Larsen &Toubro, Dharampal Satyapal Group, HDFC bank - Parivartan and Sonalika and Watershed Development & Soil Conservation Department- GoR,Tribal Area Development Department- GoR and RACP (Rajasthan Agriculture Competitiveness Project) World Bank funded through Agriculture Department- GoR..

Arpan has developed more than 39000 hectares land, runoff capturing capacity has been increasedfrom 5% to 35%, ground water recharge in more than 2500 wells, drinking water security to 30000+rural Households, increased ground water table by 1-1.5 meters, increased irrigation potential in 5360 hectares of agriculture land. Pastureland development and increase in green cover in 156 hectares area, conversion of more than 500 hectares barren land into arable land, increase in soil productivity in more than 5000 hectares agriculture land. .