Activities under the Watershed Development Program encompass a range of interventions. Social Afforestration, grass land development, fodder, soil and water conservation, agriculture, drinking water supply, livelihoods, community development, farm pond, farm protection bunds, field boundaries protection bunds, salinity protection bunds around village, tidal regulatory, well recharging, hand pump repairing, pond inlet channel repairing, check dam, animal husbandry etc – all fall under the purview of watershed development. We are currently providing technical support to village level institutions such as watershed committees, watershed associations and users groups that are involved in watershed development.

Mahiti has so far implemented Watershed Development Programs under Employment Assurance Scheme and Drought Prone Area Planning Scheme in Bhavnagar and Dhandhuka blocks in the past covering 15 coastal villages under the watershed. Presently, Mahiti is also implementing Integrated Wasteland Development Program in 07 villages Dholka block of Ahmedabad district. Over the years, Mahiti has treated more than 15000 hectares of land under the watershed development program.