AJSA Orissa
AJSA Orissa
Enhancing livelihoods through diversion-based irrigation (DBI) in Odisha: An AJSA initiative
Posted on 14 Feb, 2013 10:58 PMCourtesy: Anchalika Jana Seva Anusthan (AJSA), Odisha
A map showing AJSA's area of operation in Odisha
To combat water scarcity and socio-economic deprivation through the effective use of water resources in Dudkarenga and Barbandha villages in Odisha, AJSA launched a Diversion Based Irrigation(DBI) initiative in kalahandi District of Odisha,to bring sustainable livelihood and address food security and climate justice in M.Rampur block of Kalahandi.
Now the DBI systems are providing irrigation to the earlier unirrigated area’s and has become the main source of livelihood to generation of people who have had land. It is also providing wage employment to the landless also.