People | Meo Tribals |
Geographical Location | Foothills of Aravalis |
Average rainfall | 336mm-500mm |
Occupation of villagers | |
a) Agriculture & Animal Husbandry | 58% |
Cultivated area | 80% |
Irrigated area | 44% |
Source of water for irrigation | Ground water- 95% |
Water Quality | Mostly brackish |
Ground water depletion rate | Over 25cms a year |
Kotla is a village at the foothills of Aravallis. It has the worst development indices. Kotla situated at the foothills of Aravallis has rain water streams which carry the precipitated rain water from the hilltops. There is a vast catchment area uphill as it lies very close to the Aravalis. With no obstruction in way, the water used to flow through the village streets bringing tonnes of small rocks from the hills and because of high gradient, no water percolated under the ground. Because of high ground gradient this run off used to flow very fast. The concentration time over the ground was very less resulting in minimal percolation. At the same time the high velocity of flow caused erosion to top fertile soil in agricultural fields.
In the absence of recharging, ground water was depleting at more than 300-500 mm every year. To encounter this situation, we adopted the concept of storing and percolation of the same in the ground with ridge to valley approach.
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