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Kamti kere is a small village lake located between small hamlets having a population of around 2500 people from 150 homes/households, coming in the jurisdiction of Kaikini gram panchayat, situated 14 kms. north of the town of Bhatkal in the State of Karnataka, India.
The catchment area of the lake is 38 hectares(Ha), water spread area is 0.15 hectares(Ha) and capacity of tank is 0.32 Million cubic feet (Mcft). Traditional knowledge among villagers confirm that the tank has been the source of underground aquifers that are responsible to feed several ground water sources like wells in villages and small streams flowing through villages in an area of 4.0 square kilometers (sqkms).
Since the last two decades , excessive siltation and encroachment of surrounding land around the lake, has caused rapid shrinking of the lake area and drastic reduction in the water holding capacity of the lake. Consequently several wells in an area of 4.0 sqkms. have lost their source of water recharge springs and dry up fairly early with the onset of summer, leading to a severe water scarcity in the summer months , so much so that people have to walk miles to fetch their daily requirement of water from distant sources or depend on emergency water supply tankers.
Presently the lake holds approx. 0.032 Mcft. of water which is just 10% of its original capacity a few years back.
A brief video of the project is available on the following youtube link : http://youtu.be/BvtT15XiqI8
Project objectives:
1. Improving the drinking water availability especially during summer(dry) months to rural families. Reviving rural economy based on agriculture/horticulture/floriculture and protection of natural environment with the revival of water tank systems.
2. Establishing a local body of volunteers to manage and maintain the tank with help from members of Self Help Groups.
3. Rehabilitating the tank from its present poor condition and decay through undertaking repair works on the channels, bunds, sluices and weirs.
4. Introducing improved tank fed agriculture through better water management practices for the effective use of available water by training and awareness camps.
5. Improving the multiple uses of tank by introducing fishery, tree planting on the bunds and beds, paving the way for harvesting rainwater and increasing groundwater level in villages.
The Rotary Club of Bhatkal proposes to take up a project which involves the following:
1. Cleaning and De-silting of the entire lake.
2. Building a suitable wall around the lake with granite boulders to prevent soil erosion into the lake as well as deposition of silt from rain water inflow from the hills around the lake.
3. Reinforcing the perimeter of the lake with appropriate trees which have good fibrous root structure to help reduce /prevent soil erosion into the lake.
4. Surplus weir construction and repair.
5. Sluice weir construction and repair.
6. Providing shutters for sluices.
Cost of Project:
a. Cleaning & De-silting tank, Dam and Embankment Rs. 20,86,200.00 ( US$ 33115.00)
b. Construction of Waste weir Rs. 7,57,100.00 ( US$ 12018.00)
c. Construction of Irrigation outlet / Sluice Rs. 50,754.00 ( US$ 806.00)
d. Construction of Field Channel Rs. 69,589.00 ( US$ 1105.00)
e. Project Publicity board Rs. 10,000.00 ( US$ 159.00)
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INR Rs.29,73,643.00 ( US$ 47,203.00)
(Rupees Twenty nine lakhs seventy three thousand six hundred forty three only)
(Rounded off to Approx. US Dollars Forty Seven Two hundred and three only ...)
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