DARK ZONE TO FLOW Few words of a wise old-man spoken to Rajendra
Singh changed the path of Tarun Bharat Sangh’s approach towards
development. After that TBS never look back. It is ‘Johad’ which
made TBS a champion in the sphere of Rain-Water Harvesting. Till
today, TBS constructed around 10,000 of johads with the
contribution of villagers. The impact of 25 years of tireless
effort has brought about a significant increased from an
officially marked “dark zone” to “a water surplus” zone. Now
begin with the story of the rivulet Arvari. The first step to
make this stream alive was taken in 1987 by constructing a small
Johad in a village Bhaota. Later seeing the advantage of johad,
many villagers came forward to build such structures in their
own areas. Now there was simply a craze for johads. And to this
date, there are 375 RWH structures in the catchment area of the
river Arvari. Water in RWH structures raised the water table in
the entire catchment area of the river. This in turn, enriched
the forest in the sam