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5% Water Soak Pit Model in farmers’ own labour, these small
Korea District, Chhattisgarh structures work collectively
In Korea district, a locally to improve groundwater
evolved and highly replicable recharge. The Collector & District
model has emerged as a Magistrate of Korea, Chandan
practical solution to groundwater Sanjay Tripathi highlights,”Korea
depletion. This approach district falls under a recharge
encourages farmers to dedicate zone which has a hilly tract. The
a small portion (5%) of their land most problematic thing is that
for creating recharge structures the surface run-off here is very
that help retain rainwater within much, which means that rain
their fields. What makes this water can only be retained only if
model particularly effective is its small soak-structures are made.
simplicity and zero-cost nature. Keeping these factors in mind,
Built using local materials and farmers thought that if they
create small soak pit structures
in the fields, it would lead to
more water conservation. In this
drive, the District Administration
supported them.” She also
shared that till date, around
26000 structures have been
built and 300-400 structures are
being made every day, resulting
in an increase of groundwater
level to approximately 5.5
meters in the region.

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