Which are the principals of IWM?
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- Utilizing natural resources according to its sustainable capability
- Secure adequate vegetation cover during the rainy season
- Conserving as much rainwater as possible at the place where it falls
- Effective utilisation of surface and groundwater resources
- Avoiding gully formation and control soil erosion
- Increase groundwater recharge
- Ensuring sustainability of the ecosystem benefitting the man‐animal‐plant‐water‐land complex in the watershed
- Improving infrastructural facilities with regard to storage, transportation, and marketing
- Preventing water pollution and increasing WASH (water and sanitation hygiene) facilities
- Solving water conflicts within the watershed
- Securing access to water [9]
- Participation of the population in decision-making and actions regarding Watershed Management
