Vayalagam Tank Agriculture Development Programme

The programme works for the conservation, development and management of tank systems. There are numerous small irrigation tank structures spread over the entire Deccan Plateau, which serve several lakh of small and marginal families in South India. They have deteriorated over years of neglect and therefore need urgent renovation and good management. The programme believes that the regeneration of local management of the tank system can be a major solution to this problem in the long run. This will help stabilise tankfed agriculture and thereby the livelihoods of the farmers. This is being done by organising the farmers around the tanks and later on at the level of cascade, block, district etc. Also the programme is working towards establishing a South India support group. The programme is involved in constant interaction with the Local, State and Central Governments for funding the tank development work and for better policies in tank systems administration in the country.