Twenty-eight dry open wells, near nalla canal or the Lakshmi canal (sourced from the Sri Rama Sagar project reservoir) were recharged by building dykes or barriers in the nalla canal and retaining the runoff rainwaterin it.
A users group was formed for each water storage structure, and the water collected in the storage structures was exclusively used for recharging the groundwater to the dried wells.

Farmer-based interventions Farmer-based soil and water conservation measures implemented in individual fields were broad bed furrow (BBF) landform and contour planting. These are all useful to conserve soil and water,fertilizer application and weeding operations, field bunding of 38 hectare, around boundaries in rectangular or in contours to conserve rain water. Planting Gliricidia (Madri, a leguminous plant adapted to grow in dry areas) on field bunds to strengthen them and make the soil nitrogen-rich.Farmers were encouraged to use water resource jointly and irrigate land using micro irrigation techniques.

Farmers obtained 250 kg more pigeon pea and 50 kg more maize per hectare using broad bed furrows and micro irrigation techniques. Drip irrigation (a type of micro irrigation) can reduce water consumption by 70% but unfortunately only 2% of cultivable land around the world is irrigated in this manner. fig-3: Broad bed furrow fig-4: Plantation of Gliricidia on bunds
Wasteland development and tree plantation
Saplings of useful species were planted along the roads, field bunds and nalas. Contour trenches at 10 m intervals with a 0.3 m height of bund were laid out. Custard apple plantation along with other useful species in trenches and Gliricidia saplings on bunds