Synopsis

on
Study of livelihood options in Watershed Projects
in Angul/Dhenkanal districts and designing
strategy
whot is wotershed A watershed |s the area of |and that
dra|ns to a part|cu|ar po|nt orcommon |ocat|on
(S|m||ar to a funne|)
Watershed management

I n t h e w o r d s o I e m i n e n t e c o n o m i s t ,
a n u ma n t h a Ra o -

WaLershed developmenL has been concelved baslcally a s a
s L r a L e g y f o r p r o L e c L l n g L h e l l v e l l h o o d s
o f L h e people lnhablLlng Lhe fraglle ecosysLems
experlenclng soll eroslon and molsLure sLress


ManagemenL l s a pr oc ess of gul dl ng or ganl z l ng
l and andwaLer resources Lo provl de desl red goods
servl ces wl LhouL adversely affecLlng soll waLer



-A8AkD WA1LkSnLD kCILC1S I- CDISnA
(A-DDnL-A-A A-D SCML C1nLk DIS1kIC1S)


Cb[ect|ves of watershed

O mprove Lhe producLlve poLenLlals of selecLed waLersheds and Lhelr
assoclaLed naLural resource base
O usLalnable allevlaLlon of overLy
O evelop and sLrengLhen communlLy based lnsLlLuLlonal arrangemenLs for
susLalnable naLural resource managemenL
O mproved skllls and employmenL opporLunlLles for nonfarm secLors
O nvolvemenL of vlllage communlLles ln parLlclpaLory plannlng
lmplemenLaLlon soclal and envlronmenLal managemenL malnLenance of
asseLs and Lo operaLe in a more socially inclusive manner.




Benefits derived from Watershed MethodoIogy :-

O @he crop yleld has lncreased by ln dry land farmlng
O @he soll loss due Lo eroslon was broughL down
O arge exLenLs of barren hlll slopes were covered by vegeLaLlon
O arge LracLs of marglnal lands broughL under dry land PorLlculLure
O evelopmenL of AgroPorLl and AgroloresLry sysLems
O WaLer resources were harvesLed Lhrough nala bunds farm ponds gully
embankmenLs
O egeneraLlon of grass lands for more fodder and grass
O @he lncome of farmers lncreased conslderably





Schemes rogrammes roposed]rogress
|n Angu| and Dhenkana| D|str|cts

O wuP nLegraLed WasLeland evelopmenL ro[ecL (W)
a CenLrally ponsored scheme of Co MlnlsLry of ural
evelopmenL ls belng lmplemenLed ln 23 dlsLrlcLs of Lhe
LaLe 301 mlcrowaLersheds are currenLly under
lmplemenLaLlon of whlch 246 pro[ecLs sancLloned prlor Lo
142000 were wlLh 100 granL from Co
O uP4P roughL rone Area rogramme (A) a CenLrally
ponsored scheme of Co MlnlsLry of ural evelopmenL ls
belng lmplemenLed ln 8 dlsLrlcLs of Crlssa coverlng 47
ldenLlfled droughL prone blocks 800 mlcro waLershed
pro[ecLs are currenLly under lmplemenLaLlon of whlch 192
pro[ecLs sancLloned prlor Lo 142000 were wlLh fundlng
paLLern of 3030 basls beLween Co and LaLe

O 4c4 CuL of AddlLlonal CenLral AsslsLance (ACA) of lannlng
Commlsslon under evlsed ong @erm AcLlon lan (@A) for
k8k dlsLrlcLs (korapuL nabarangpur ayagada Malkanglrl
8olanglr onepur kalahandl and nuapada) 314 mlcro
waLershed pro[ecLs have been Laken up ln k8k dlsLrlcLs slnce
200203 @he LoLal ouLlay of 314 mlcro waLershed pro[ecLs ls
s1003700 lakhs wlLh a LreaLable area of 167 lakh Pa

O -wuPk4 naLlonal WaLershed evelopmenL ro[ecLs for
alnfed Areas (nWA) ls ln operaLlon ln Lhe LaLe slnce
199091 wlLh a broad ob[ecLlve of resource managemenL for
enhanclng of agrlculLural producLlvlLy and producLlon Lo blo
mass on susLalnable basls and resLoraLlon of ecologlcal plans
ln ralnfed areas


O kvP lver valley ro[ecL (v) ls belng lmplemenLed ln Lhe
caLchmenL of lnLer sLaLe lver valley ro[ecL namely Plrakud
Machkundlleru engallMandlra and upper kolab wlLh a
vlew Lo combaL land degradaLlon problems and Lo prevenL sllL
lnflow lnLo Lhe reservolr L ls now proposed Lo conLlnue
LreaLmenL Lo saLuraLe 29 ongolng waLersheds and sLarL
LreaLmenL of 7 nos of new waLersheds aL an ouLlay of 49784
lakh over an area of 9720 ha

O wOkLP WesLern Crlssa ural lvellhoods ro[ecL (WC)
works ln four dlsLrlcLs of Lhe easL ndlan LaLe of Crlssa
namely 8alanglr nuapada kalahandl and 8argarh @he
pro[ecL was lnauguraLed ln AugusL 2000 by Lhe Ponble Chlef
MlnlsLer hrl naveen aLLanalk

O wMP urlng Lhe currenL flnanclal year a new cenLrally
ponsored cheme namely nLegraLed WaLershed
ManagemenL rogramme (WM) has been lnLroduced as per
Common Culdellnes for WaLershed evelopmenL ro[ecLs
2008 of CovernmenL of ndla @he unlL cosL for all pro[ecLs ls
s12000/ per ha @he fundlng paLLern ls ln Lhe raLlo 9010
(CenLral hare LaLe hare)


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