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July 2011 to December 2015

Project Summary Report

Community-based SustainableGround Water Management

(SuGWM)

Through Social Regulations &Local Governance

Supported by

Implemented by

Center for World Solidarity (CWS)

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Partners (RIDS, Jana Jaagriti & CROPS)

CWS Offices

Jharkhand Watershed Resource Centre

H.No. 111, New layout,

Sitaramdera, P.O: Agrico,

JAMSHEDPUR - 831 009

Ph: +91 657 2221278 | E-mail: jrc@cwsy.org

Bihar Resource CentreH/O Mr. Binod Kumar Jha

Road No 15F, Ground Floor, Rajiv Nagar

PATNA - 800 024

Ph: +91 612 3257532 | E-mail: brc@cwsy.org

Telangana Resource Centre (Covers AP also)

H.No. 12-13-440, Street No. 1

Tarnaka, SECUNDERABAD – 500 017

Ph: +91 40 27016038 | E-mail: aprc@cwsy.org

Centre for World Solidarity (Central Office cum Tamil Nadu Resource Centre)H.No.12-13-438, Street No.1, TarnakaSECUNDERABAD - 500 017, TelanganaPh: +91 40 27018257, Fax: +91 40 27005243E-mail: info@cwsy.org Website: www.cwsy.org

SuGWM Project OfficeH.No. 12-13-451, Street No. 1, Tarnaka SECUNDERABAD - 500 017, TelanganaPh: / Fax : +91 40 27007906E-mail: projectsugwm@cwsy.orgWebsite: www.cwsy.org/sugwm

Tamil Nadu

Andhra Pradesh

Karnataka

Goa

Kerala

Maharashtra

Odisha

Telangana

Rajasthan

Gujarat Madhya Pradesh

Bihar

Jharkhand

Sikkim

Arunachal Pradesh

Assam Nagaland

Manipur

MizoramTripura

Meghalaya

Chhattisgarh

West

Bengal

Delhi

Haryana

Jammu & Kashmir

Himachal Pradesh

Punjab

Uttarakhand

Uttar Pradesh

Odisha Resource Centre H.No. 283 - B, Duplex

Near Kalyani Plaza, P.O Patrapada

BHUBANESWAR - 751 019

Ph: +91 674 2471514 | E-mail: orc@cwsy.org

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Centre for World Solidarity (CWS)

12-13-438, Street no.1, Tarnaka, Secunderabad – 500 017, TelanganaPhone: +91 40 27018257, Fax: +91 40 27005243E-mail: info@cwsy.org | Website: www.cwsy.orgDr. Gnana Prakasam (Executive Director)

Project Office:

SuGWM project officeH.No. 12-13-451, Street No.1, Tarnaka, Secunderabad – 500 017, TelanganaPh/Fax: +91 40 27007906E-mail: projectsugwm@cwsy.org | website: www.cwsy.org/sugwmR.V.Rama Mohan (Director & Team Leader)D. Sirisha (Sr. Programme Officer -Social Sciences) P. Rajani kanth (Sr. Programme Officer - IEC & Documentation) Y. Ratna kumari (Programme Officer- Hydrogeology) G. Bhasker (Admin cum Finance officer)C. Parvathamma (Office Assistant)

Rural Integrated Development Society (RIDS)

H.No. 2-282, Main Road, Garladinne - 515 731, Anantapur district, Andhra PradeshPh: +91 8551 286474E-mail : ridsgrl@gmail.comV. Kristappa (President)

Project Office:H.No. 2-291, Main Road, Garladinne - 515 731, Anantapur district, Andhra PradeshB. Ravi (Project Coordinator), G.Ramanjaneyulu (Field Organizer) N. Suresh Naidu (Field Organizer) T. Murali Mohan (Accountant)

Jana Jaagriti (JJ)

Near Weekly Market, Tanakallu - 515 571Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, Ph: +91 8498 232373E-mail: janajaagriti@gmail.comD. Balaram (President)

Project Office:H.No. 1-777-5, Beside Petrol bunk, Revenue colonyKadiri - 515 591, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh Ph: +91 8494 220303 A. Shiva Shankar (Project Coordinator) M. Narayana Reddy (Field Organizer) P. Ramana (Field Organizer)P. Seshadri (Accountant)

Centre for Rural Operation Programmes Society (CROPS)

H.No. 6-2-2/6-3-1/1, Balaji Nagar, Jangaon – 506 167 , Warangal, TelanganaE-mail: cropsjangaon@gmail.com | website www:crops.co.inR. Lingaiah (Secretary/CEO)J. Vishnu Murthy (Project Coordinator) K. Surendar Reddy (Field Organizer) V. Yakub (Field Organizer) P. J. Joseph (Accountant)

Project Contacts

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Sustainable Ground Water Management (SuGWM) project was initiated in July 2011 in six Gram

Panchayats having a total of two villages in Warangal district of Telangana state and 9 villages

in Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh State in India. The project area is predominantly

agrarian, with most of the agriculture depending on monsoon rains. Ground water is the major

source of protective irrigation for the farmers but constrained by limited yield, water depletion

and failure of agriculture wells. Project areas face recurring drought conditions with an average

annual rainfall of 520 mm in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh and 994 mm in Warangal

district of Telangana. Total geographical coverage of this project is approximately 80 sq. Km

including the agricultural fields and habitation covering about 3317 families (approx.

population 12,000).

Project Period: July 2011 to June 2016

Website: www.cwsy.org/sugwm

Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/ProjectSuGWM

Project areas:

Community-based Sustainable Ground Water Management (SuGWM) Project

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Following are the target groups among project population:

Rural poor and marginalized groups in peripheral areas of GPs

Women and children, particularly among the marginalized groups

Small and marginal farmers engaged in subsistence farming

Objectives and strategies

The objectives and strategies of the project were developed by CWS in consultation

with local partners, project committees, woman leaders and communities. Following

table summarizes three specific objectives and strategies that are unique to the

project:

PartnershipsCWS, along with three local partners, Rural Integrated Development Society (RIDS), Jana

Jaagriti (JJ) and Centre for Rural Operation Programmes Society (CROPS), is implementing the

SuGWM project. The project is financed by Delegation of European Union to India and Bread for

the World, Germany with a total outlay of around one million Euros.

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To achieve equitable access to

groundwater to all farmers

Promoting and expand traditional water sharing

Enhancing water use ef ciency

Improving energy supply to agriculture

To institutionalize social regulations in

water governance in Gram Panchayats

Nurturing leadership and strengthening

governance capacities of Gram Panchayats

Evolving social norms on water use and

developing O & M systems

Addressing inequalities in accessing water

Ensuring source well sustainability

Strengthening the local O & M systems

Renovate and re-use the ISLs

To achieve equitable access to safe water for drinking and sanitation

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The project also established partnerships with Agriculture, Water supply & Sanitation

Departments and public sector power companies of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States to

access micro irrigation units at 50% subsidy for farmers and to upgrade distribution transformers

respectively. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH) has been engaged and provided

technical expertise in hydrogeological investigations, mapping and training project staff on

these aspects.

Project Actions and Achievements

Community-based Sustainable Ground Water Management (SuGWM) project was

initiated in July 2011 to achieve sustainabil ity in ground water management,

address ing dr ink ing water , san i tat ion and agr icu l tu ra l needs in a ho l i s t ic

approach. Improving quality of power supply by facilitating collective approaches

by farmers and collaborating with Government Departments and Institutions, is one

of the novel features of the project. Project emphasizes on participatory and collective

approaches; community ownership and partnership in governance; and institutionalizing

social regulations at Gram Panchayat level. During 2011-15, this project renovated nine

existing water supply systems; facilitated evolution of local Operation and Maintenance (O &

M) systems for better water service delivery; and ensured sustainability of drinking

water sources by piloting innovative bore well recharge technique. These measures resulted in

ensuring equitable access to water for 2988 households (out of total 3317) in project areas.

The project began addressing sanitation problem from 2013 onwards. Lack of water supply at

door-step is a discouraging factor for building Individual Sanitary Latrines (ISLs). While many

house holds did not have ISLs at their homes, there are also about 35 % of house holds

that have defunct ISLs built few years ago. The project encouraged renovation of such defunct

ISLs as well as encouraged construction of new ones in collaboration with Swatchh Bharat

Abhiyan (SBA) of Government of India.

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Recurring droughts worsened the prevailing water

scarcity, jeopardizing the right to water of women and

poor living on the periphery of these GPs. Defecation

in open is a wide-spread practice in many villages.

Poor access to water supply at the door-step and low

awareness levels on hygienic practices among

villagers are the prime reasons for lack of household

sanitation facilities. Poor quality of power (electricity)

supply to agriculture wells is resulting in burning of

pumping motors and crop losses to farmers.

Ground water depletion and drying up of open and deep bore water sources is adversely

affecting access to safe water for drinking and water for agriculture in many areas in India,

more specifically in six project Gram Panchayats (GPs) in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Drinking water scarcity beforeDrinking water scarcity before project interven�on in Kotanka project interven�on in Kotanka Drinking water scarcity before

project interven�on in Kotanka

The project expanded the access to ground water to non-well-owning farmers while not

digging any new wells and capping the extraction of groundwater. Towards this, this project

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strengthened 585 groups of traditional water sharing

farmers (1693 farmers); got 591 of them access to

micro irrigation units from government; and got them

recognition in policy spheres. SuGWM project devised

simple and cost-effective methods of rainwater

recharge methods using existing failed wells; renovated

existing 12 water bodies and improved power supply

by collective bargaining of farmers with the power

companies. The project devised a low-cost one acre

drip system especially for small farmers having low-yield wells. Through such measures, the

target households enhanced their net annual incomes by INR 30,000 since 2011.

Constant interactions and capacity building

of project committees; Gram Panchayats and

w o m e n l e a d e r s r e s u l t e d i n e f f e c t i v e

implementation of social regulations on water

use and management. Project communities

abstained from drilling new wells; collected

INR 10,85,522 as Operation and Maintenance

(O & M) contributions from people; using water

judiciously and started practising ‘water sharing’

as a social norm. Thus, the project succeeded

in developing systems of sustainable water governance. The project started main

streaming its innovative technologies and approaches in other rural and urban areas in both

Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

Panchayat Secretary is receiving Panchayat Secretary is receiving water taxes from the villagers at water taxes from the villagers at

Gram Panchayat office Gram Panchayat office

Panchayat Secretary is receiving water taxes from the villagers at

Gram Panchayat office

The project adopted inclusive approach with focus on

poor and marginalized communities. In order to

help poor to access sanitation, water conservation

and micro-irrigation units, the project promoted

Mutually-Aided Cooperative Societies (MACS) of

women and men in each of the project GPs. These

MACS are namedas Jalanidhi Societies with core

focus on offering micro-credit to poor for building

water and sanitation infrastructure. So far, Jalanidhi

societies, with a membership of 866, could save INR

23,36,480 and offer loans worth INR 11,10,000.

Jalanidhi members elec�ng the Jalanidhi members elec�ng the President in mahasabhaPresident in mahasabha

Jalanidhi members elec�ng the President in mahasabha

Tradi�onal water sharing system (Gandi)Tradi�onal water sharing system (Gandi)Tradi�onal water sharing system (Gandi)

Renovation of traditional water harvesting structures

Total quantity of silt removed from these water bodies: 50,030 cub.m

Farmers benefitted from silt application in agricultural lands: 566

Agricultural land applied silt: 626 acres

Total water bodies renovated: 12

Total farm ponds renovated: 104

Over-view of Various Interventions

Removal of silt and application in agricultural land

Renovated farm pond

Water harvested after renovation

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Renovation of water supply systems

Number of water supply systems renovated : 9

Water treatment plants built to over-come fluoride contamination: 6

Total households with sufficient access to water: 2988 (90%)

Sump under construction next to overhead tank for lifting water

Water supply through householdlevel connection

Water treatment plants set up to over-come fluoride problems

Newly constructed / renovated ground level service reservoir

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Innovative bore well recharge technique

Total number of Bore wells in project GPs: 1,168

Number of dried bore wells: 371 (32%)

Number of dry bore wells converted as recharge wells: 89

Number of dry bore wells got rejuvenated in the vicinity of these recharge wells: 51

Number of dry hand pumps and drinking water sources recharged: 10

Small slots made on the casing pipe to allow rainwater to enter the bore well

A pit around the existing bore well is filled with filter material

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Improving energy efficiency and quality of power supply

A timer device for regulating water use

Improved panel board with

capacitor installed for an agricultural well

Total existing DTRs and agricultural power connections in six GPs: 99

and 943

Improved panel boards installed: 90

Total number of capacitors installed: 164

Solar lights provided at drinking water collection points: 11

Unauthorised agricultural connections regularized: 185

Total DTRs upgraded / newly installed: 7

A new distribution transformer

(DTR) installed in collaboration

with power company

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Open well desiltation and converting dry wells as

recharge wells

Silt removal work in open wells

Total open wells in six project GPs: 521

Wells dried up at the start of the project (July 2011): 302 (58%)

Wells renovated by silt removal (so far): 114

Dry wells converted as recharge wells: 45

Farmers benefitted:189

Silt trap for recharge well

Before and after converting the dry well as recharge well

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Micro irrigation units to water sharing farmers

An open well shared by 8 farmers

A drip irrigation system in chilly crop

Two sharing farmers with common drip unit

A sprinkler irrigation system in groundnut crop

Traditional gandi water distribution system

Total drip units delivered to farmers: 160

Total sprinkler irrigation units delivered: 431

Total area covered under micro irrigation : 2553 acres (including the new area around 300 acres expanded)

Total funds leveraged from Government departments: INR 60,18,671

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Low-cost SuGWM (one acre drip) irrigation for low yield wells

Number of low yielding bore wells 123 (13% out of total 935 bore wells)

Number of farmers having less than 2 acres of land: 766 (26% of total 2884 farmers)

Number of one acre drips installed: 75

Installation of one acre drip

Button drip fixed to old lateral pipe

Crops grown using one acre drip system

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Improved hygienic conditions with increased access to Individual Sanitary Latrines (ISLs)

Number of households using individual sanitary latrine before project intervention: 625 (18%)

Number of households having defunct individual sanitary latrines in 2011: 1161(35%)

Number of individual sanitary latrines renovated / newly constructed: 1149

Number of households using individual sanitary latrines in 2015: 1774 (53%)

Open defecation practice

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New construction / Renovation of individual sanitary latrine

Geo-tagging the Individual sanitary latrine

Villagers depicting open defecation areas on a map

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Jalanidhi Cooperative societies

Number of Jalanidhi societies formed by 2015: 4

Total members in Jalanidhi societies: 866 (Men-318 and women-549)

Total income: INR 23,36,480

Total loans disbursed: INR 11,10,000

Office of Sai Jalanidhi Society

in Masakavankapalli village

Initial dialogues for forming Jalanidhi societies

Society discussing action plans Sanctioning loan to the members

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Emergency servicesPolice 100Fire 101Ambulance 108Relief Commissioners of Central/State/Union territory 1070Control room of District Collector/Magistrate 1077Crime stopper cell of police (in Kerala, Rajasthan,Andhra Pradesh & Mumbai) 1090Women crisis response 1091Children in difficulty/ Child distress service (CHILDLINE) 1098Woman in distress (Bhumika) helpline 1800 425 2908

Government Services Kisan Call Centre (for any queries related to agriculture) 1551National Minority Commission 1800 110 088Income Tax Department, GoI 1800 180 1717Indian Passport Seva 1800 258 1800BSNL Telephone Complaint Booking 198/197

Indian RailwaysIndian Railway Enquiry 139Complaints from a running train (SMS with details of train no &Coach No. with specific complaints) 8121281212

Cab servicesMeru (prefix city code) 44224422Sky Cab (Hyderabad) +91 40 49494949Dot Cabs (Hyderabad) +91 40 24242424Easy Cab (prefix city code) 43434343Fast Track (Chennai) +91 44 60006000Orange Cabs +91 40 44454647Genie Cabs +91 40 33993399

HealthcareApollo Hospitals (lifeline) 1860 500 1066Care Hospitals (Emergency) Secunderabad +91 40 30486666 Hyderabad +91 40 30418888 Vizag +91 891 3041444 Bhubaneswar +91 674 3053200Yashoda Hospitals Secunderabad +91 40 27713333 Somajiguda (Hyderabad) +91 40 23319999 Malakpet (Hyderabad) +91 40 24555555

Useful Web Sources:One-point source to access all Government of India websites: www.goidirectory.gov.inFor central acts of parliament of India, from 1836 onwards: www.indiacode.nic.inFor filing RTI applications on-line (GoI central ministries only): www.rtionline.gov.inFor filing grievances related to Government services: www.pgportal.gov.inFor case status in Supreme Court of India or any High Court in India: www.courtnic.nic.inBureau of Indian standards: www.bis.org.inInformation of gram panchayats: www.panchayat.gov.inGram panchayat level water supply information in Telangana : rwss.telangana.nic.in/trgwsGram panchayat level water supply information in Andhra Pradesh: rwss.ap.nic.inInformation about e-vyvasayam portal on agriculture in Telugu in A.P.: www.apagrisnet.gov.inInformation about e-vyvasayam portal on agriculture in Telugu in Telangana.: www.agrisnet.tg.nic.inFor Government Central gazette notifications: www.egazette.nic.inFor Government Orders in Andhra Pradesh: goir.ap.gov.inFor Government Orders in Telangana: goir.telangana.gov.in

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E-mail: projectsugwm@cwsy.orgWebsite: www.cwsy.org/sugwm

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