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Part 1
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Kerala Minor Irrigation Project ( KMIP
) with EEC assistance was implemented in the State of Kerala during
the period 1994 - 2000
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The Project envisaged an investment
of Rs 52 Crores. European Union financed 80 % of the Project cost
and the remaining 20 % was met by Government of Kerala
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The Scheme aimed at repairing and
modernising 312 tanks benefiting 7800 ha.; commissioning 115 diversion
schemes benefiting 2300 ha; and commissioning 148 lift irrigation
schemes benefiting 7400 ha.
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The Project had to be completed by
31.12.98. But the slow pace of implementation of the Project led to
its extension up to 31.12.2000.
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As per Revised Work Plan, the number
of schemes selected for implementation was 251 to benefit 7285 hectares
of land.
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The achievements of the Project are
completion of 245 schemes. The expenditure incurred was Rs. 18.90
Crores and the irrigation potential created was 6766 ha.
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The Monitoring and Evaluation ( M &
E ) of the Project was undertaken by the Evaluation Division of the
State Planning Board..
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M & E activities involved
conduct of baseline, seasonal and crop cutting surveys as well as hydrological
studies in the selected M.I.Scheme areas and preparation of timely reports
on the above studies. |
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Part II
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The findings of the last Monitoring
Survey ( 1999 - 2000 ) as compared to the Baseline Survey in the 45
EEC assisted Minor Irrigation Schemes is provided in this part of
the Report
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The ayacut of the 45 M. I. Schemes spreads
over 884.3 ha. possessed by 2420 farmers |
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The average size of holding
of a farmer was 0.36 ha. The operational holdings of 80.8 per cent of
the farmers was less than 0.5 ha. |
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The irrigation facilities provided increased
substantially from 20 per cent of the ayacut to more than 80 per cent
in majority of the scheme areas. |
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There was a decline in area under paddy
by 9.3 per cent in the total cropped area of the selected farmers |
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The overall cropping intensity
index in the 45 Minor Irrigation Schemes increased marginally from 164.7
per cent to 166.7 per cent with double cropping of paddy and cultivation
of vegetables as third crop |
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Productivity of crops increased - virippu
paddy by 10 per cent, mundakan 25 per cent, coconut 38 per cent, arecanut
50 per cent, tapioca 14 per cent and banana 120 per cent |
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Krishi Bhavan provided active support through
their extension services |
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The Beneficiary Farmers Association
took an active role in the design and implementation of the Schemes
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The present status of the EEC aided Minor
Irrigation Schemes is furnished in this part of this Report |
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There is no change in the Ayacut area of
selected Minor Irrigation Schemes |
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There has been a marginal decline in the
cropping intensity index in these Schemes with the conversion of paddy
lands to other tree crops |
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Majority of the farmers in most of the
Minor Irrigation Schemes utilised water for irrigating paddy and vegetables |
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Rise in the water table in nearby wells
of Minor Irrigation Schemes helped solve the drinking water problems
in the summer season |
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With the availability of water, yield
of mundakan paddy ( 2001 - 02 ) increased |
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A
shift in the use of chemical fertilizers to manures was noticed in the
Minor Irrigation Scheme areas |
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The
effectiveness of BFAs in the O & M of completed schemes evinced
a mixed trend. They are active and effective in certain areas, whereas
not active in other places |
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Extension services of Krishi Bhavan though continue to be effective
in most of the schemes, the momentum during the period of EEC aid not
seen in these scheme areas |
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Hydrological
equipments installed in the M. I. Scheme areas are reported to have
been tampered with by miscreants |
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There
is scope for further improvement in respect of Minor Irrigation Structures
constructed with EEC assiatance |
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IV |
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The
slow pace of implementation led to non-utilisation of more than 60 per
cent of the funds earmarked under the Project |
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Lack
of detailed planning, delay caused in the approval of schemes due to
EEC procedures over and above departmental ones, unrealistic targets
and lack of coordination within the Irrigation Department and between
PMU & Agriculture Department led to the reduction in the number
of approved schemes and thereby resulting in the non-utilisation of
the full amount of Rs.52 crores originally envisaged under the Project |
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BFAs are supposed to undertake O & M of schemes on completion. Later
division among farmers as to the question of pooling resources and political
interference in BFAs cropped up and diluted the participatory approach
envisaged under the Project |