ONGOING
Third-Party Evaluation of Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan 2.0
Pune, Jalna, Ahilyanagar, Nashik, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Washim
FY 2025-26
Overview
Under Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan 2.0, Paryavaran Resource Centre undertakes third-party evaluation of completed water conservation works implemented under the Special Fund and Convergence components. The evaluation covers 6 districts and 27 talukas. As an independent agency, Paryavaran inspects works, checks records and geo-tags, assesses quality and usefulness, identifies deficiencies, and prepares work-wise, village-wise, taluka-wise and district-wise findings.
Role: Third-Party Evaluation Agency
Partner: Soil and Water Conservation Department, Government of Maharashtra
Objective
An independent, evidence-based assessment that completed works are technically sound, functional, useful to the community, and aligned with water conservation.
District coverage
Pune — 7 talukas
Daund, Indapur, Baramati, Mulshi, Purandar, Velhe and Bhor. Client: Soil and Water Conservation Department, Pune. Ongoing evaluation of works under the convergence and special fund components.
Jalna — 2 talukas
Bhokardan and Jafrabad. Client: Soil and Water Conservation Department, Jalna. Ongoing evaluation of completed works under the convergence and special fund components.
Ahilyanagar — 2 talukas
Karjat and Parner. Client: Soil and Water Conservation Department, Ahilyanagar. Ongoing evaluation of works under the convergence and special fund components.
Nashik — 4 talukas
Nashik, Peth, Sinnar and Dindori. Included in the six-district, 27-taluka evaluation.
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar — 8 talukas
Khultabad, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Gangapur, Paithan, Vaijapur, Kannad, Sillod and Soygaon. Client: Soil and Water Conservation Department, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
Washim — 2 talukas
Risod and Washim. Client: Soil and Water Conservation Department, Washim. Field-based evaluation of completed works under the specified programme components.
Coverage
- Role
- Third-Party Evaluation Agency
- Type of work
- Evaluation of completed water conservation and related works
- Districts covered
- 6
- Talukas covered
- 27
- Districts
- Pune, Jalna, Ahilyanagar, Nashik, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Washim
- Departments
- Forest, GSDA, Agriculture, Minor Irrigation (Zilla Parishad), Soil and Water Conservation, Panchayat Samiti and Gram Panchayat
- Evaluation approach
- Document review → field verification → technical assessment → quality and functionality → geo-tag and photographs → impact → deficiencies → recommendations → evaluation report
Activities
- Physical verification of completed works
- Technical assessment of structures
- Quality evaluation of implemented activities
- Beneficiary interaction and feedback collection
- GPS and geo-tag verification
- Documentation and reporting
- Assessment of water storage and groundwater recharge potential
- Sustainability evaluation of water conservation assets
- Preparation of district-wise evaluation reports
Impact
- Improved quality assurance and enhanced programme effectiveness (expected)
- Scientific assessment of water conservation investments (expected)
- Better planning for future watershed projects (expected)
- Sustainable natural resource management (expected)
- Increased water security and climate resilience (expected)
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