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CHECK DAM AT ROTHEPADA
TAL -MURBAD

Project background

Rothepada is a small hamlet of 20 to 25 houses near Tokawade village in  Murbad Taluka. The main occupation of the village is Dairy. Every household are having cattle and there is an Amul Milk Collection Centre in the hamlet. Around 1200 lits of milk is collected in Summer months and 2000 lits in Rainy season when green grass is available. Main source of drinking water of the villagers is Borewell. They take their cattle to river Kalu, which is almost 2 to 3 kms from the hamlet, for their water requirement.

Near the hamlet, there is a depleted check dam on a stream. The check dam is filled with silt and there is no water storage. The villagers suggested that, if the Check Dam is strengthened and desilted there will be lot of water storage. This will help them as they will not have to take their Cattle to a long distance for their water need.

Starting of the project

Objectives

To make water available for the Cattle after monsoon.

Recharging of underground aquifers by normal percolation.

 

The total Cost of the project Rs 6.20 Lakhs.
Financed by
  • Relsafe PRA Consulting Pvt Ltd – Mumbai
  • Laxmi Civil Engineering Services Private Limited – Kolhapur

Project Planning and Resource allocation

  • Strengthening of Check Dam.
  • Desilting of the Check Dam.
  • Desilting the upstream till 100 meters.
  • Erecting Gabion walls on the side of the stream near the Check Dam to prevent soil erosion.

Implementation Methodology

The designing of the project was done by Technical Team of Vasundhara Sanjivani Mandal. The project was implemented by a local experienced contractor under supervision of Technical Team of Vasundhara Sanjivani Mandal.

Work under progress

After monsoon

Details of the Project

  • Dimension of the Check dam are as follows

Length                   : 22 Mts

Breadth                 : 0.60 Mts

Height                   :  1.5 Mts

Gabion Walls        : 1* 1* 8Mts

 

  • Water body was created of 33,00,000 lakh lits of water.

Impact Analysis for benefits measurement

The Check Dam was built in May 2022.

During desilting, live springs were located. This gives hope that water will be available for all year around.

Data of usage and impact will be available by March 2023.