check dam

“For survival, our people would literally scale mountains and carry several litres of water over their shoulders. But, things are changing for good now.”

Alternative farming patterns or reverting to traditional methods, simple yet extraordinary measures have saved many a village and district from the calamitous clutches of drought and famine.

Anil Joshi helped farmers by building 11 check dams across rivers and nullahs within a 10 km radius of Fatehgarh in Madhya Pradesh.