Farmers at Junagarh block in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha used to irrigate their fields using fuel operated pumping systems. This incurred an expenditure of more than Rs. 45/day for irrigation. The income generated from the fields by horticulture farmers was negligible and hence profitless even if the irrigation water source Haler Jore was flowing through their village. A water wheel was, therefore, installed in March 2017 on Haler Jore stream in Kelia Village, Junagarh Block, Kalahandi District at Odisha. Design of the water wheel is performed for an output of 9.34 KW. A helical gear-based transmission system was developed to step-up the 50 runs of the waterwheel to 1400 rpm of the centrifugal pump. This effective transfer of power was used to run a centrifugal pump for pumping water from Haler Jore stream which can irrigate an area of 11 farmers accounting to 12 acres of the farm area. The cost of the project is detailed as well as compared with the income generation from the flood irrigated horticulture lands. Public academic institute-private-panchayat level partnership worked through the installation as well as during the operation of this water wheel for more than two years. A detailed analysis of the difference in angle of attack, flow variation within the vanes and power output during the last two years is performed. Further, an improvement of farmer profits that was observed during the last two years since the installation of this technology. Individual crop based economics is also enumerated. The implication of the work is to motivate public authorities as well as researchers to identify similar settings with perennial stream at specific locations across India and ultize non-polluting low cost hydro power to enable achieve UN sustainable development goals such as Goal 7 affordable and clean energy, Goal 12 responsible production and consumption as well as Goal 17 Partnerships for the goals.