A watershed project for environmental rehabilitation in foot hills of fragile Shivalik belt of Punjab, INDIA
� Low in organic carbon and N ---- Low fertility base.
� pH of soil ranges from 8.7 to 9.3; Non-saline belt.
� Rainfall: 1000 mm (annual average); 80% during monsoon (July�Sept.)
� Mean Monthly maximum temperature: 38.2 deg.C (May)
� Mean Monthly minimum temperature: 6.9 deg. C (Jan.)
� Only maize fodder was grown during rainy season.
� Flash flood and subsequent sand and silt deposition in reservoirs.
� Availability of fodder for animal was uncertain which caused low milk yield.
� Contour trenches in hills and in situ moisture conservation.
� Construction of earthen dam of 14 m height with storage capacity 13 ha-m, spread over an area of 3 ha.
� Gravity irrigation (of harvested water) through underground pipeline (3 km long) in 32 ha command area.
� Introduction of alternative land use systems, improved technologies for animal husbandry, horticulture and pasture development.
� Constitution of �Water Users Association (WUA)�.