In Gujarat’s coastal belt, water is more than a resource — it’s a lifeline that determines health, food, and livelihoods. Yet, over the years, unchecked salinity ingress has seeped deep into groundwater and soil, threatening agriculture, livestock, and the very sustainability of coastal communities.
At Coastal Salinity Prevention Cell (CSPC), our water resource management (WRM) initiatives aim to restore balance — between land and water, people and ecosystems. By combining traditional wisdom with modern science, we work to secure water availability, recharge aquifers, and build local resilience against the impacts of salinity.
Our approach to water management is community-centred and science-backed. Every intervention is designed to strengthen the natural water cycle and empower communities to become stewards of their own resources.
Our education interventions contribute to multiple SDGs:
In Gujarat’s dry cotton belt, where 25% of India’s cotton is grown, excessive groundwater extraction and hard rock aquifers have led to rapidly depleting water tables, threatening smallholder farmers’ livelihoods. To address this, CSPC, supported by Tata Trusts, introduced the Bore Blast Technique (BBT) – an innovative method to create underground storage in low-potential hard rock areas.
BBT involves controlled blasting in closely spaced bore wells around production wells. This process crushes rocks and creates fractures, enabling better groundwater recharge and increased storage.
