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in low annual income. With the for the support of the state of geographic spread, subcultures
completion of this drainage irrigation department.” It took us and socio-economic requirements,
project, the farmers will now be 6 months to complete the project. TCSRD strives to protect, nurture
able to make the most of their The once waterlogged lands and uplift the communities by
Transforming improve their lives. cultivation, thus empowering to development and designing
are now primed for year-round
land, boost their incomes and
adopting an integrated approach
region-specific need-based
the farmers. This game-changing
programmes.
initiative is set to significantly
Talking about this initiative,
lives and N. Kamath, Chief Manufacturing boost farmers’ income, paving the A part of the US$ 128 billion Tata
Office, Tata Chemicals, said,
way for a prosperous future, he
added.
“Water logging in farms has been
Group, Tata Chemicals Limited, is a
leading supplier of choice to Glass,
an impediment for farmers in
lands Nageshwar and Goriyali villages. Established in 1980, the primary Detergent, industrial and chemical
sectors. The company has a strong
Changing rain schedules and
aim of TCSRD is to initiate and
support community development
position in the crop protection
weather unpredictability have
for gujaraT only worsened the situation. Our programmes in and around regions business through its subsidiary
where Tata Chemicals Limited
TCSRD team initiated the draining
company Rallis India Ltd. Tata
project to help resolve this long-
facilities are located. And while
Chemicals has world-class R&D
each region is different in terms
facilities in Pune and Bangalore.
standing issue and we are grateful
farmers 350 farmers benefit as Tata Chemicals helps construct a
3.3-km drainage channel in Gujarat

Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development
transforms Gujarat agriculture with drainage

channel, farm ponds, benefiting 350 farmers,
and expanding irrigation across 880 acres

n a bid to address water logging issues plaguing the farmers of
Nageshwar and Goriyali villages in Gujarat, Tata Chemicals Society
for Rural Development (TCSRD) provided support to construct a 3.3-
km long drainage channel under the state-wide water conservation
Iinitiative--Sujalam Sufalam Yojana.

The project has benefitted around 350 farmers with farmlands across
300 acres. Along with this, TCSRD has also excavated 35 farm ponds in
20 villages within a month, increasing water storage capacity by 9 million
cubic feet to support irrigation across 880 acres of agricultural land.

Before the drainage project was undertaken, farmers from these villages
struggled to grow crops during monsoon months owing to water logging
in their farms. The annual crop yield was significantly less, resulting

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