Uttarakhand - Department of Land Resources

The overall aims and objectives of the project were to:
Slow down and reverse the degradation of natural environment (using appropriate
soil and moisture conservation technology);
Conserve soil and water through in-situ moisture conservation, water harvesting and
land management practices;
Increase and improve the production and income from agriculture, horticulture,
fodder, fiber, fuel wood and livestock (through the process of soil and water
conservation and other inputs)
Reduce flooding and devastation (caused by erosion of soil)
Briefly the main immediate objectives of the project were to:
Improve the productive potential of the Shiwalik hills in Uttaranchal
(using/appropriate watershed treatment technologies and participatory approaches);
Assist institutional development;
Generate and develop additional livelihood opportunities and
Consolidate progress already made (in unifying approaches to watershed
development/management among various programs operating in the Shiwalik hills).
Original Components : Broad and sub-component areas were:
Watershed Development (Protection and Restoration) Treatments for:
a) Natural resources conservation, development and management – on (i) Non-arable
lands, (ii) Arable lands, (iii) Drainage lines through forestry, soil conservation and
water sources development.
b) Improved and diversified farming system – covering agriculture, horticulture, trees
on non-forest lands and vermin composting, organic farming and IPM, in other
words, bio-fertilizers and bio-agents, livestock and poultry development.
c) Rural infrastructure development – road, bridle track, market and support
permanent assets.
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