2. We have reached land mark of more than 444 water resources projects (community lift irrigation schemes and community check dams). Our community lift irrigation schemes and water harvesting structures are of big size, each catering to large numbers of people. Many NGOs take into account the earthen and stone structures under the micro watershed development programme as check dams or water harvesting structures. If we have to consider such structures as water harvesting structures / check dams, we have in our project constructed more than 25,000 water harvesting structures. However, in our definition only masonry water harvesting structures across the rivers / rivulets, storing tangible water are the check dams / water harvesting structures. This explanation is incorporated here because many new and small NGOs have started claiming that they have constructed hundreds of check dams / water harvesting structures under the watershed development programme.

3. International visitors from several countries visit our Institute.

4. The Government agencies and NGOs from 15 states took benefit of our training programmes and large numbers of them come for the exposure visits of our activities.

5. In Jhalawar district, Rajasthan, we have implemented first phase of water resources development project under the Central Government SGSY Special Project, under which five check dams and seven community lift irrigation schemes have been completed in record time of less than six months from the starting, costing more than Rs. five crores.

6. The Planning Commission wanted us to expand our activities in Jharkhand. We did not accept this offer as we cannot implement programmes directly at such a distance. But, we have offered to help local NGOs.

7. The Government of India, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, wants us to expand our activities in various tribal regions. We have conveyed that we cannot expand directly at all the places, but, we can certainly give training and technical support to local NGOs and the Government agencies.

8. Two Central Government Ministers, belonging to Rajasthan, are very keen that we expand our activities manifolds in Rajasthan. We cannot respond to such demand as we have our present focused areas.

9. The organization’s Director Mr Harnath Jagawat is nominated on the State Level Advisory Council of Watershed Development Programme, Department of Rural Development, Rajasthan, and also on the State Level Advisory Council of Watershed Development in the Department of Agriculture, Rajasthan. Similarly, Sadguru is represented on Advisory Council for Watershed Development in Gujarat, Department of Rural Development. Mr Jagawat is also represented on important Task Force of Participatory Irrigation Management constituted by Government of Gujarat.

10. We have implemented Centrally Sponsored Horticulture Development Project of Government of India in Dahod District. This was only project allotted to Gujarat, which was implemented by our organization. On account of the success of this project, Central Government have extended this project for five years with the outlay of Rs. 4.75 crores.

11. Our idea on the potential for water resources development in the tribal regions of country is now receiving attention in various forums. The Planning Commission, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India, and some international agencies have taken note of this potential that we have been advocating for last 20 years. In order to focus on this potential on scientific way, the International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka, under their Tata-IWMI Research Project have undertaken various studies in various tribal regions to highlight the successes and the potentials. In this study, we are collaborating along with PRADAN. Two studies in this collaboration, one for Dahod, Guajrat, and another for Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh, have been undertaken by the organisation.

12. Commissioner, Rural Development, Andhra Pradesh, having impressed with our activities, took away CD of our programmes and made presentation of the same on Power Point before AP Cabinet. We are told the CM and Cabinet were very much impressed and CM advised the officers to adopt our approach in integrated water resources programmes in Andhra Pradesh.