Anandana took up the revival of rivulets, and built two check dams and a series of structures in the catchment area to conserve water and replenish the groundwater levels. This led to revival of the natural habitat for flora and fauna. The Foundation estimates that the conserved water will potentially support the communities for at least two seasons, enabling farmers to cultivate two crops every year.

“Water conservation is one of the most effective ways to address India’s water challenge,” says Ishteyaque Amjad, vice president, public affairs, communications and sustainability at Coca-Cola India & South West Asia. “The Foundation has partnered with the local communities across India for the past 10 years towards this, creating potential for over 13 billion litres of water storage across 550-plus villages benefitting more than 800,000 people.”

Adds Dr. Swati Samvatsar, president of RSNH: “Our aim with the Sukkhad project was to come up with immediate, yet sustainable, solutions to manage and mitigate the water crisis in Alirajpur district. It is a great victory for us to have completed the project with Anandana’s support.”

The Foundation is committed to water conservation and management for the holistic development of communities at large, while RSNH works in nature conservation and environment protection along with social projects, to ​protect and ​conserve ​the natural ​heritage ​through mass ​involvement on ​the principle ​of ‘Conservation ​Practices for ​Sustainable ​Livelihood’. ​It works in cooperation with governmental as well as non-governmental organisations at every level, from research and development to organising mass awareness programmes and providing socio-technical consultancy services with free training courses.