Siddipet-Sindhnur Farm Pond Fund

Deshpande Foundation started the Farm Pond program in 2014 from Alagawadi village, Navalgunda taluk, Dharwad. With more than 8000 farm ponds constructed in the last eight years, more than 20,000 lives have been impacted by irrigating more than 15750 acres. This program is now operational in 4 more districts of Karnataka (Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri and Belgaum) and 2 districts of Telangana (Siddipet, Nalgonda), these regions having suffered continuous drought in the recent past, resulting in severe rural distress.