Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
VILLAGE AS THE UNIT OF OPERATION
When we say that the expanse of the project on the riverside be 1 km
in width, it is only a suggestion. It is more important to note that the unit
of operation for implementation of the solution should be the village. In
the previous chapter we discuss how Integrated Watershed Management
Programs were difficult to implement due to the lack of overlap between
watershed boundaries and political boundaries. The width of agroforestry
in farm lands could be determined by the number of villages
that fall on a 1 km lateral distance from the river, as a whole. This way,
we can work with a village as the unit of operation thus using the 73 rd
Amendment of the Constitution.
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