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  Project Name

 

Earthquake Relief

  NGO

 

Gramya Vikas Trust

  Category

 

relief-gujarat-2001

  District

 

Dwarka

  State

 

Gujarat

  Budget Proposed

 

$ 21000

 

  Budget Approved

 

$ 21000

 

  Status

 

funded

  Year

 

9/24/2004

 

 
 
 
 
 

  Photographs

 

  Chapter Coordinators

 

Ravi Devarasetty

 

Raleigh

 

  Caption

 

 

 

  Summary

 

 

Gramya Vikas Trust - Established in 1986, GVT operates in nearly 50 villages in Okhamandal taluka of Jamnagar district in Gujarat. The onslaught of salinity from the sea has made the land and wells utterly useless, depriving people of their cultivable land and even drinking water. Under the capable leadership of Prof. Dungarbha Ker, GVT has been ab more..

 
 

  Achievements

 

 

Response from the NGO: 1. Percolation tank has already been dug and an earthen bund surrounding the tank measuring 150m. with a breadth of 11.50m. at the bottom and 2.50m. at the top and height of 3.9m. has been completed and the stones for pitching of the 150m. long bund of 3m. height have been mined. Construction of a waste weir of 20m. length is in progress. Total of 1650 cubic m. of earthwork has been done and an expenditure of Rs. 56,050/- has been incurred so far. Further work is in progress. 2. Work of providing 40 water harvesting underground tanks in Zavernagar area of Village Varvala is in progress. Each tank is on 1.85m. length, 1.85m. breadth, and 1.80m. depth with a capacity to store 6160 liters of water. The bottom of the tank has been provided with concrete and RCC slab is to be put on the top with a provision for cast iron manhole. more..

 

  Goals

 

 

This project proposes to construct/repair percolation tanks and underground water tank. It is worthwhile to mention that GVT has been very successful with their water harvesting techniques in this hard soiled, saline region.

 
 

  

 
 

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