RAINWATER
HARVESTING IN KERALA Alleviating Water
Shortage problem 1. Supply of drinking water to local villages
- Daily 2 tanker loads of water distributed to Plachimada, Vijayanagar
& Rajeev Nagar villages besides Govt. LP School at Nellimedu
- Bore-well provided to Plachimada village
| Implementation
of RWH in 5 farmlands and 1 School |
| Farmer's Name |
Land Area(acres) |
Rain Water Recharge to Acquifier |
| Rangaswamy |
8 | 102 m3/day |
| Guruvayurappan |
6.5 | 75m3/day |
| Natarajan |
6.5 | 75m3/day |
| Sundaram |
6.5 | 75m3/day |
| Wilson |
12 | 160m3/day |
| | | |
| School
Name | Land Area(acres)
| Rain Water Recharge to Acquifier
|
| Nellimedu
Govt. LP School | 1 |
13m3/day |
Launch of Rain Water Harvesting for Communities in Kerala
 |  |
| Justice B.N. Kirpal, former Chief Justice
of India and Chairman, Coca-Cola India Environment Council, addressing a press
conference on the launch of six rainwater harvesting projects in Kerala. |
 |  |
| Justice B.N. Kirpal, former Chief Justice
of India and Chairman, Coca-Cola India Environment Council, inspecting the rain
water harvesting projects within the premises on the farmlands of five farmers
in the Nellimedu area of Chitur taluk & of Government LP School. |
Jalaneedhi Scheme: Water Pipeline
Project For Villages 
Contribution
on behalf of beneficiaries in Jalaneedhi Scheme

342
households covering 6 villages Kannimari, Kochikadu, Thottichipathy, Rajeev Nagar,
Kuttikalchalla & Karipalichalla

Focused
on providing potable water supply to rural villages in Palakkad district, Kerala

Panchayat
will contribute 10 % of the project amount, 15 % to be contributed by the beneficiaries,
Coca-Cola will fund 15% of the project and the rest would be provided by the government
of Kerala

Repair
of existing wells to:
-Meet the drinking
water needs of the local communities
-Enable
proper recharge of groundwater in the existing structures
-Ensure
cleaning of existing wells by removing dirt, silt and other external material
-Tribal areas 250 Nos.
-Village
areas (farmers) 250 Nos.