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Red magazine Published this article page no 41 ralegan siddhi is a small village in the district of ahmadnagar maharashtra. it has become an example for watershed development throughout the country. in 1975 this village was caught in a web of poverty and illicit liquor trade. the transformation took place when a retired army personnel settled down in the village and took up the task of watershed development. he convinced villagers about the importance of family planning and voluntary labour preventing open grazing felling trees and liquor prohibition. voluntary labour was necessary to ensure minimum dependence on the government for financial aids. it socialised the costs of the projects. explained the activist. even those who were working outside the village contributed to the development by committing a months salary every year. work began with the percolation tank constructed in the village. in 1975 the tank could not hold water buy red magazine online.