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Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, completed 8,973 water-conservation works — rejuvenating 6,424 minor irrigation tanks and 2,549 feeder channels — under the Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari: Catch the Rain campaign, generating 1.28 crore person-days of employment.
Restoration removed about 109.9 lakh cubic metres of silt and 82.48 lakh square metres of vegetation, and restored over 2,090 km of feeder channels, projected to add 0.70 TMC storage and 0.60 TMC groundwater recharge.
The district specifically prioritised 193 groundwater-deficit villages and rejuvenated 94 cascade tank systems to restore natural hydrological connectivity.
Rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge nationwide through public participation
Key: Launched 22 March 2021; annual editions with campaign-specific themes (2025: 'Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari')
Sustainable, community-led groundwater management
Key: Launched 25 December 2019; ₹6,000 crore outlay (50% World Bank-funded); covers 7 states — Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
Both Atal Bhujal Yojana and Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari target groundwater recharge, but Atal Bhujal Yojana is a dedicated 7-state central scheme with World Bank co-funding, while JSA:CTR is a nationwide annual awareness-and-action campaign (Andhra Pradesh is not among Atal Bhujal's 7 states).
GS Paper 3 > Environment > Water Conservation Governance
Which of the following is/are the possible consequence/s of heavy sand mining in riverbeds? 1. Decreased salinity in the river 2. Pollution of groundwater 3. Lowering of the water-table Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Answer: 2 and 3 only
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A series of interconnected traditional irrigation tanks where the overflow of one feeds the next, restoring hydrological connectivity and improving groundwater recharge across a catchment.