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Impact evaluation of a community based water harvesting system at village Mandhala in Shivalik foothills of Himachal Pradesh [1]

Shivalik foothills in Himachal Pradesh are marked by frequent crop failures due to erratic rainfall, lack of irrigation facilities, serious soil erosion problem, unemployment and poverty. During the earlier days the villages of the region had their own ponds, which served the society. Over the period of time bond of the villagers over such common property is getting weak.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2008
Y. Agnihotri [2], A. K. Tiwari [3], Ram Murti & et al [4]
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation [5]
7
3
65
Tags:
Water Resources [6], Water Management [7], Water Harvesting [8], Rural Water Harvesting [9], Irrigation [10], Watershed Development [11], Public Participation [12], Himachal Pradesh [13], Solan (D) [14]
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