Gully plugging

A project for improving water management and checking soil erosion was implemented at Gandhivan, with support from HSHR and Daimler, Germany during 2016 - 2017.

Following were the key achievements:

• Sixty deep gullies were plugged with mud bunds and mulched with grasses
• Twenty thousand bushes/shrubs of indigenous species planted in the gullies
• Endangered species of several medicinal plants are being regenerated
• The problem of fuel and fodder of 100 community people will be solved after 1-2 years
• Level of underground water be raised in the wells of adjoining area
• Soil and moisture conserved at 1,000-hectare land will help grow vegetation
• Ten youth volunteers and women trained on environmental issues

The land of the fields around the Gandhivan area protected from the rainwater flowing from the Aravalli hills and the fertile surface soil of their land checked