The tribal populations have suffered a lot due to the geographical location of the area as well as lack of appropriate and integrated programmes for their development. The vast natural, human and other resources of the area have not been properly managed. Various land-based development programmes have failed to attract the farmers as their production seems to be highly disproportionate to the investment.

The traditional skills and knowledge of the people need to be improved so as to cope with the changing socio-economic condition and environment for sustainable development. In order to check further depletion of the existing resources and bring about socio-economic changes keeping a balance between the production and the environment, watershed approach has been taken as comprehensive programme of action with a view to address some of the basic questions of survival. more u

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES


To improve and enhance the purchasing power of the people and facilitate their empowerment for better bargaining power.

To ensure food security.

To adopt an integrated approach of developing the natural and human resources.

To improve the managerial capacity of the people.

To impart training to farmers & watershed users groups.

To generate employment & income earning capacity of the watershed users groups.

To arrest the soil erosion & to improve the production of land.

To improve the availability of water resources & its proper management.