| Integrated Watershed Development
BUNGA Dist.: Ambala; State: Haryana, INDIA |
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| � Rainfall: 1100 mm
� Parent Rocks: Sand stone; Conglomerates � Parent materials: Alluvial deposits � Soil texture: sandy loam (surface soil); Loam (lower layers) |
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| Details of water storage reservoirs at Village Bunga | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| � Year of construction: 1984
� Forest catchment: 155 ha; � Dam Height: 16 m � Storage capacity: 59.6 ha-m � Submergence area: 11 ha. � Command area: 243 ha � Total cost: Rs.35.46 lakhs |
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| Treatments | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| � 1400 nos. of small earthen check dams and 4 big Gabion structures in 46 ha catchment area | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vegetative measures | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| � More than 50,000 plants of Khair; (Acacia catechue)
� 15,400 Kikar (A. nilotica) � 5,000 Bamboo (Bambusa arundinacea) � 1000 Soap nut (Sapindus detergens) � 1000 Subabul (Leucaena leucocephala) � 0.2 million slips of Bhabbar grass (Eulaliopsis binata) |
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| Impact | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Two irrigations (7.5 cm) to wheat in 243 ha command area.
2. Area under wheat increased from 26 to 57%; Yield increased up to 183%. 3. Production of food grains increased by 146%; cash crop by 410%; Fodder by 267%; Pulses by 77%; Oilseeds 59%; 4. Gross value from agriculture increased from Rs.6,309 to Rs.14,136 per ha at 1991-92 price with a growth rate of 9.4 % per annum. 5. Annual milk production increased from 231 thousand liters to 723 thousand liters from 1983-84 to 1991-92. 6. Per capita energy consumption increased from 3.23 kg/day to 4.11 kg/day. 7. Average annual income (gross) of the whole village from all the sources increased by 86 % in 1991-92. |
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