The data in Table 4 further revealed that the overall People’s Participation Index (PPI) was computed as
75.08 per cent in maintenance stage of NSHWDP watershed programmes. It means high level of
participation was exhibited by farmers of Vidarbha area of Maharashtra in maintenance stage of watershed
programmes. It was also found out that high level of participation was also exhibited by farmers of all the
selected six watershed clusters during maintenance stage as Mothegaon 68.2%, Berla Yeota 86.3%, Asoli
82.7%, Dudhalam 75.9%, Dharmapur 70.0% and Dehgaon 67.3%. It can be concluded that the farmers of
Vidarbha region are maintaining the watershed development interventions very well in their watershed area
with high level of participation (Photo 4).