Extent of People's Participation in the Process of Implementation of Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP)

The study was conducted in Haryana state in Bhiwani and Yamunanagar district were selected purposively, because of one from South Haryana and the other from North Haryana. Bhiwani and Yamunanagar Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) were selected purposively. Bhaganwala, Sawad villages were selected randomly from Bhiwani and Dhanaura, Salapur villages were selected randomly from Yamunanagar as the watershed villages. The specific objective of present study were “To study the extent of people's participation in the process of implementation of Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP)”. The study revealed that Majority of the respondents had medium level of participation at all the stages of Integrated Watershed Management Programme. people's participation was assessed maximum in resource analysis and planning stage followed by other stages of Integrated Watershed Management Programme.