The topography of this district is also no equally same. Himmatnagar, Idar, Talod, Parantji are having the flat to gentle topography, Khedbrahama, Vijaynagar, Vadali, Bhiloda, Meghraj are having forest with hilly and undulating land. The yearly rainfall of Sabarkantha district is 700-800mm. The cultivation is also varied from Khedbrahama to Prantji and Bayad to Himmatnagar. Cropping pattern generally followed is Maize, cotton, wheat, castor, fennel and Vegetables in the different taluka. The major problem source of water, especially irrigation

             . Various activity have been undertaken under Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), in Sabarkantha District from year 2009-10 like Waste weir, Stagger Contour Trench (SCT), Check walls, stone bunding, New Pond & Pond Deepening etc. One of the activities undertaken was constructing new Pond/ deepening of the existing ponds. The new Ponds, Pond deepening and Farm pond acts as reservoirs constructed for purpose of storing water, essentially controls the surface run-off. The major objectives of the structure are:

• Provide the supplementary irrigation to crops.

• Pond are also used for storing rain water in area of rain-fed agriculture

• They are also used as percolation and recharging of the ground water.

Design and Technical Specification of the Pond

The design of the pond /reservoirs required estimation of asset of parameter related to watershed and hydro-meteorological condition

• From the economic point of site of a pond should be located where there is a scope og largest storages volume with the least earth work.

• The command area occurs at the valley in narrow and side slope are steep.

• The command area should be close as possible to the pond and suitable for agriculture.

• The downstream should permit natural passage for safe disposal of surplus water.

For the padlock the rain water for irrigation purpose there is various structures. In them one is pond/pond deepening and farm pond.

Through an approach of IWMP, the padlocking of the rain water for the future use especially for agriculture, fisheries, crop production along with saving the natural resource for the future generation. The selection of the all structure has been done through the discussion with watershed committee, forest department of Sabarkantha (North and South) and DWDU staff with a detailed technical survey which is undertaken by WDT and cross verified by the MDT of district team and them finalized the structure.

Benefit of Structure

The tables below shows the details of ponds constructed under IWMP and names of the beneficiaries. It also highlights the details of land brought under lifesaving irrigation.

In the district one can observe a great variation of cropping pattern, in Idar major crop is cotton, in Talod cotton and castor; in Meghraj Maize and pulses. In Kharif season cotton is major crop in Idar and Talod but in meghraj maize will be the major crops. But in general it is observed that the farmers only cultivate crop in Kharif season but generally cannot cultivate crop during Rabi in the project villages. But after the construction of the of these structures there is a visible direct and indirect benefit which are engrossed by the farmers of these project villages.