Programmes

Functions of Peoples Organisations

Vayalagam

• Enrolling the villagers (mostly small and marginal farmers) having land in the command area.
• Planning and implementing development works
• Income generating activities related to tanks
• Building up corpus or endowment fund for maintenance of tanks
• Solving conflicts among members

Cascade Vayalagams

• Development work
• Resolving conflicts among TFAs
• Mobilizing funds across villages for improving the tank irrigation systems
• Providing improved services for agriculture and water management.

Vayalagam Federation

• Organizing tank farmers at the block and district levels
• Mobilizing funds from various sources for reclaiming tanks
• Training on tank-related aspects
• Monitoring the rehabilitated systems and the institutions built around them.