Guidance Class on Bore-Well Recharge

   

     India being an agrarian country Indian farmers mainly depend on ground-water for irrigation. Due to growing population, fast urbanisation, deforestation and industrialisation bore-wells (Tube-wells) around us are drying to death. Water scarcity is being recognised as a grave threat for future generations.

          Considering the importance of bore-well recharging techniques, one day guidance class was arranged at KVK in collaboration with Urdhavam, Pune on 14^th May. Shri Vinit Phadnis, Director of Urdhavam spoke about new technology developed at Urdhvam Research Centre for bore-well recharging.

  He said that it requires neither huge investment nor any space for civil construction. It is a unique technology which helps harvesting rainwater from the topmost, seasonally replenishable unconfined aquifers. Bore charger makes the bore-well highly sustainable by recharging the deeper confined aquifers. It is possible as they perforate existing borewell casing pipe from inside. This system potentially revives existing, failed and low yielding borewells. In the afternoon session Shri Pranit Daphale, Senior Technician of Urdhvam demonstrated technical functioning of patented bore-well recharge process. Thirty eight farmers took advantage of this guidance class. 

An Exemplary Act Of Just Married Couple:

          There could be no better start for a just married couple than contributing their share for social cause. Doing something selflessly for some constructive work gives you a feeling of satisfaction incomparable with any worldly pleasure. More over it puts forth an exemplary model before others to go beyond self and serve society.

        It is a short story of a young couple from Katakalamba of Kandhar Block. Mr. Omprakash Kolgire and Mrs. Minakshi Kolgire both working at the Secretariat of Maharashtra Government wedded on 28^th April.   Anticipating severity of water crisis their village has been facing,  on the next day they were seen labouring at  soil and water conservation worksite started in their village by S.S.M. .  Besides they dedicated Rupees 2500/ in people’s contribution to raise funds for project work. Indeed it is an exemplary behaviour that every youth should practise.

            Another philanthropist Mrs. Sunita Panpatte, wife of Mr. Sambhaji Panpatte( Deputy-Commissioner of Mira Bhaindar Municipal Corporation) donated Rupees 11,000/ for this public work. A good deed may not change the world but certainly it changes your attitude toward the world. Such kind deeds motivate us to go ahead tirelessly.

Meet Of Agro-Entrepreneurs Organised At KVK:

   

  A Meet of Agro-Entrepreneurs at KVK Sagroli was organised on 7 May 2019 the auspicious occasion of Akshaya Tritiya as a joint venture between Syngenta Foundation and Sanskriti Samvardhan Mandal in which 112 agriculture entrepreneurs were present. It’s motto is to provide agro-industry oriented trainings as well as build-up competencies in them to provide multiple services to farmers at their local levels. Such need-based service providers will experience a good hike in their income too.

         All the 112 trainees will be facilitated with three days training in agro-entrepreneurship. The meet was honoured with the presence of Shri Sunilji Deshmukh, Shri Rajesh Dhurve of NABARD, Motivational Guru Shri Sumit Urkurdkar and Head of UMED Project (Maharashtra) Shri Amol Deshmukh. 

Committed To Guide And Strengthen Charitable Organisations: Shri Pramodji Deshmukh

AFARM Chairman Shri Pramodji Deshmukh has given the assurance of his guidance and support to strengthen and improve functioning of charitable organisations in drought affected Marathwada Region. He was feliciated at Masod by different 97 organisations from Hingoli, Parbhani and Nanded Districts on his election as AFARM Chairman. These NGOs have been involved in rebuilding tasks in different sectors.

During the seminars held at the gathering, AFARM Programme Manager Shri Vijay Goud has given in-detail guidance on proposal making, submission of audit report to the Charity Commissioner, correspondence with Government Departments, planning and execution of soil and water conservation projects under Jal Yukta Shivar Yojana and making quarterly, half-yearly and annual report of NGOs.

Sole aim of AFARM is to co-ordinate various NGOs in their task of providing drinking water and extending agriculture services to villages in drought affected Maharashtra.