Star Youth Association SYA

The Atal Bhujal Yojana is actively engaged in its mission, with a focus on the Capacity Building, Technical and Management support to DPMU/SPMU, and other stakeholders within specific taluks in Karnataka. Serving as District Implementation Partners, it is committed to the successful execution of the Atal Bhujal Yojana by aiding in various aspects, including the preparation and updating of Participatory Water Security Plans at the Gram Panchayath level. The efforts are concentrated on Holalkere taluk in Chitradurga District and Hagaribomannalli taluk in Bellary District under the broader umbrella of the Atal Jal program in Karnataka. Our support network includes the Project Director, SPMU, Atal Bhujal Yojana, Government of Karnataka – Minor Irrigation and Groundwater Development Department.

SO-SYA technical approach to be used to promote institutional development, participatory MLE/ESMF and WUA Capacity Building in allocated 45 tank systems of Kurnool/Nandyala Districts, AP is based on Participatory Bottom up Approach through WUAs and its Ayacutdars. All planning activities will be achieved by working with the direct project stakeholders such as WUAs, small and marginal farmers, agro-entrepreneurs, women and other vulnerable groups on the local condition, issues and challenges. This affords greater flexibility to respond to their local situations – a mark of devolution as well as an opportunity to address tank water provision in a programmatic and holistic manner with potential long-term benefits in terms of sustainability and effectiveness of public investments. The unit of management will be the WUA.

• Re-orientation to allocated 45 tank ayacutdars on APIIATP project components for the years of 2023-24 & 2024-25 is in active process
• After the Para workers CB trainings, the role of Para workers will be enhanced
• With the help of local DEs, SO-SYA continue regular monthly WUAs meetings and recorded the minutes will be submitted to DPU
• Collection, compilation, analysis and uploading of water resources data management periodically including Digital Water Level Recorders, Water Flow Meters , Analogue Indicators, etc.,
• Geo-referencing and periodical collection of data, compilation and submission for all assets including bore wells, Digital Water Level Recorders (DWLRs)/ Piezometers, Water Flow Meters, water conservation structures, etc pertaining to water resources and irrigated areas present in the WUAs jurisdiction.
• Co-ordination of Project inputs and activities at the WUA level.
• Establishing effective working relationship with WUAs, SO-SYA will facilitate Joint azmoish and Water tax collection also Corpus fund creation at WUAs level with cooperation of line departments particularly Revenue & related including DPU, Nandyal

The Governments of Odhisa and Andhra Pradesh states are aspiring to provide every household in villages with Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) in the next 4 years.
• It is envisaged that with FHTC, each household will have potable water supply in adequate quantity of prescribed quality on regular and long-term basis.
• ISA-SYA has to help Gram Panchayats / village committees/user groups to plan, implement, manage, and operate and maintenance of the in-village water supply systems.
• A sense of ownership has to be instilled in the village community as they are at the center of this mission.
• In villages, local communities especially women, must be encouraged to participate and take ownership of water resource management, water supply, and gray-water treatment and its reuse.
• To achieve this, SHGs/ VOs/ CBOs/ NGOs, youth groups, etc. should also be engaged.
• To make water everyone's business, the mission will strive to build partnerships and linkages through various community based activities, capacity building and IEC to achieve long- term drinking water security as a sustainable basis.

Monthly Financial Aid to 23 young widows @Rs.2,000 to Rs.3,000 per month for their children educational & livelihood support. The grant from SEED, USA Rs.41,000 transferred to the personal bank accounts of 23 widow sisters

• Total 25 Road Safety Awareness Camps 25 Schools completed covering 1,428 school children studying from IX & X classes;
• Total 20 Road Safety Awareness Camps for Youth completed in 20 colleges covering 2,741 young people;
• Total 13,500 leaflets as Road Safety Publicity Materials among the participants of the above 2 awareness campaigns;
• 1,350 wall writings depicted in the common places of 10 Mandal Headquarters with 15 catchy slogans and quotes on road safety and
• There was wide media coverage around 20 news items.