• Dipesh Jha

The Integrated Watershed Development Programmes involving the entire community and natural resources influence (a) conservation and optimum use of land, water, human and livestock resources (b) improvising socio-economic conditions of the people such as income, employment, assets, health, education and energy use (c) change attitude of the community towards project activities and their overall participation in project (d) impact on environment (e) changes in land use, cropping pattern, productivity and production of crops, adoption of modern technologies, increase in milk production, etc. (f) development of various institutions for implementation of watershed development activities, and (g) ensuring sustainability of improvements. It is thus clear that watershed development is a key to sustainable production of food, fodder, fuel wood and meaningfully addresses the social, economical and cultural status of the rural community. Recognising the importance of watershed development programme in the rain fed area, a large number of studies assessed the impact of watershed development over a period of time. These studies vary in purpose, regions and domain of impacts. The impact studies vary from impact of specific water harvesting intervention to overall impacts of watershed development programme. The impact assessment studies focus mainly on the impact of different interventions such as water resources development, soil and moisture conservation measures, drainage line treatments, and afforestation and assess the impacts on different aspects like increase in surface and groundwater resources, cropping pattern changes, yield, environmental conditions, socio-economic conditions, including the social capital and institution building as a result of watershed interventions. This study was undertaken to check impact of soil and moisture conservation activities on drinking water facilities.

Watershed, Ground water table, drainage line treatment, moisture conservation

"IMPACT OF MOISTURE CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES ON DRINKING WATER FACILITIES IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.643-648, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812F10.pdf

"IMPACT OF MOISTURE CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES ON DRINKING WATER FACILITIES IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp643-648, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812F10.pdf