This document summarizes progress on livelihood enhancement projects through diversion-based irrigation in Dharmagarh and Bissamcuttack, India from 2009-2011. [1] 14 projects were completed with a total budget of over 1 million, providing water for over 125 acres of crops. [2] 9 schemes were completed and 5 more were in progress, with water being used for rice, vegetables, and orchards. [3] Challenges included maintaining pipe depth in rocky areas, transporting construction materials manually up steep hills, and addressing demand from inaccessible villages while avoiding threats from Naxalite groups.

1. Welcome to
Livelihood Enhancement
Through Diversion
Based Irrigation
Projects

2. Progress summary: Till December
2010
(Gravity flow system supported by JTT)
• Total No. of schemes: 14
• Budget:
• Dharmagarh:
– March 2009- February 2010 (4 Nos of DBI) Total
budget- 976900.00
• Bissamcuttack:
– March 2009- February 2010 (4 Nos of DBI) Total
budget-744000.00
– April 2010– March 2011(6 Nos of DBI) Total Budget-
2123800.00
• 9 schemes completed, another 5 are in progress
• Water being used for SRI, Vegetable and WADI
• Labour component is contributed by the community

3. Physical-Financial Progress
Golamunda
Village Total Total Nos of Total ayacut Remarks
expendit communit beneficia area
ure y ries Kharif Rabi
(JTT) contributi (Acres) (Acres
on )
Gadlajharan 263400 71400 22 30 20 completed
Dhamanpur 265500 72000 18 25 20 completed
Khasiguda 202500 54000 22 30 22 completed
Bhandarkachar 245500 66000 14 40 20 completed
Total 976900 263400 76 125 82

4. Physical-Financial Progress
Bissamcuttack
Village Total Total Nos of Total ayacut area Remarks
expendit communi beneficiari Kharif Rabi
ure ty es (Acres) (Acres)
(JTT) contribut
ion
For the year 2009-10
Baladagud 146656. 24300. 43 30 10 completed
a
Kachapaju 182652. 28700. 45 25 12 completed
Majhialma 197184. 22000. 40 20 8 completed
Lakhabhat 164434. 27300. 27 40 15 completed
a
Branch 9599.00
Admn exp
Total 700525. 155 115 45
For the year 2010-11
Ankulpada 228110.00 24,400. 43 60 25 completed
r

5. Utilization (during 2010)
Golamunda
Activities Gadlajharan Dhamanpur Khasiguda Bhandarkachar
Land 5 12 7 0
development
(Acre)
Crop taken SRI paddy in 7 Transplanted SRI paddy in 2 SRI in 7 acres
during kharif acres, paddy in 20 acres and and saved 10
transplanted acres. transplanted acres of kharif
paddy in 13 paddy 20 acres paddy.
acres.
Crop coverage Paddy 7 acres Vegetables in Paddy in 4 No crop as
in Rabi and g.nut in 2 1 acre acres of land there is no
acres water .
Other means of No No No Domestic use
water use

6. Utilization (during 2010) Bissamcuttack
Activities Baladagud Kachapaju Lakhabhata Majhihalma Rema
a rks
Land 7 acres 4 acres
development
Crop taken Paddy in 4 acres covered Maize in 12 Paddy and
during kharif 7 acres under (wadi), acres vegetable.
vegetable in 1
acrs
Crop Vegetable Vegetables in Vegetable Vegetable
coverage in cultivation homestead land cultivation. cultivation
rabi in 1 acre in 2 acres.
Other means Domestic Domestic use, Domestic Domestic
of water use use bathroom use use

7. OVERALL IMPROVEMENTS
DURING THE PROJECT
• Water for Domestic Use
• Land Development
• Protective Kharif Irrigation and Improved
paddy cultivation
• Initiation of cultivation during Rabi
• Model for replication by line department

8. Challenges faced during Implementation
• In the rocky layer it is almost impossible to maintain 3ft
depth of pipe lying. Blasting of rocky layer was done to lay
the pipes.
• For the construction of the intake structure, all the
materials like sand, chips, cement and rods are manually
transported to the construction site from the bottom of the
hill which is very labour intensive.
• Demand from nearby Villages. But these villages are
almost inaccessible and professionals cannot go to these
villages frequently for crop planning and capacity building.
• Naxalites are also a threat for implementing such schemes

10. THANK YOU