MADHYA PRADESH WATER SECTOR RESTRUCTURING PROJECT UNDER WORLD BANK ASSISTANCE

• The Project provides necessary investment in five basins to renovate the existing irrigation schemes and provisions for appropriate extensions, works related to Agriculture, Hortic
  ulture, Live Stock management, Fisheries, Ariculture University and for WUAs Strengthening. Participating Agencies
  
  
• Establishment and operationalization of required institutions for integrated water resources planning and management at the State level.
  
• The Strategy emphasizes an environmentally and socially sustainable approach for water resources planning and management including conjunctive use of ground water.
  
  
• The first phase estimate covers total 654 nos.(Table shown Details) irrigation projects costing
• Approx Rs. 1919 crores
  
  
• Interest rate on loan is 3% per annum.
  
  
• The districts to be benefited .
  
  
• Environmental & Social issues relating to proposed irrigation projects have been studied by M/s LEA Associates of South Asia ( LASA ) and report submitted to World Bank. Environmental & Social Assesment (ESA) Executive Summary
  
  
• 10.Out of above 32 districts, scheme in 20 districts have been taken up for first phase of MPWSRP. ( Table shown Details )
  
  
• MPWSRP has been implemented since Jan-2005. Project is costing $ 443.19 million and to be implemented in a period of six years. Project components provide support for institutional reforms in water resources management as well as for irrigation service delivery and complementary investments in improving and modernizing physical assets of water resources. The project activities are classified in four components as mentioned subsequently.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Component A: Water Resources Management :- Institutions and Instruments (US$ 7.5 Million)
  
  This component would support the establishment and operationalization of the proposed planning, allocation and regulatory institutions and instruments at the State and basin-levels. This would be done through the proposed State Water Resources Agency, the associated State Water Resources Data and Analysis Center, a State Water Tariff/Rights Regulatory Commission, and Basin Development and Management Boards for the Sindh and Tons.
  
  
  
• Component B: Service Delivery Irrigation and Drainage Institutions (US$ 33.3 Million)
  This component would support measures related to delivering reliable irrigation services at reasonable cost by financially-self sustaining entities. This includes irrigation line agency strengthening through technical and management assistance, including the development of a comprehensive information management system, training, and equipment. Options for promoting decentralized management of irrigation and drainage schemes through strengthening of WUAs and increased public-private partnerships.
  
  
  
• Component C: Improving productivity of selected existing irrigation and drainage assets in five basins (US$ 375.0 Million)
  This component would operationalize the concepts and provide the necessary investments in five basins (Chambal, Sindh, Betwa, Ken and Tons) to modernize existing irrigation schemes through rehabilitation, provision of appropriate extension for agriculture, horticulture, livestock management and fisheries and WUA strengthening.
  
  
  
• Component D: Project Management Support (US$ 5.6 Million)
  The project activities would be coordinated by a multi-disciplinary Project Activities Coordination Unit (PICU). Support would be provided to assist the PICU with its role in facilitating and guiding the implementation and monitoring of all project activities, ensuring synergy and coordination amongst activities and agencies implementing these activities, preparing consolidated reports and facilitating training. PICU would be responsible for baseline surveys and environmental, social and other assessments starting from project preparation period and update of such information throughout project implementation and be responsible for project monitoring and evaluation in addition to direct implementing agencies for technical, social, institutional and economic issues.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Second Year Schemes (SYS): There are about 105 schemes to be taken in 2nd year. World Bank has cleared SMP of Gurma and Silarkhedi scheme Tendering process is in progress.
  

Cadastral Survey of Schemes is to be carried out by the agency already fixed. Survey work is in progress.


After completion of cadastral surveys and walkthrough conducted by SPIG,the SMP's are to be prepared. Since field CE's have not so far reported about formation of SPIG and walk through of the dam & canal. This activity of preparation of SMPs is being delayed.























Agriculture Diversification and Intensification:

These activities are to be jointly carried out by Agriculture department, Horticulture, fisheries, veterinary and JNKVV.


Status of line departments:


Agriculture Department: The action plan from department of Agriculture was received in June, 06 for Rs.6.89 crores against the budget provision of Rs.7.35 crores. Finally the Directorate of Agriculture revised the action plan and sent it in first week of June with final amount of Rs. 7.35 crores for the year 2006-07. However, Directorate of Agriculture has re-submitted the action plan of Rs.587.92 Lakhs in the month of September 2006. The reduction in the action plan amount is because of the fact that Kharif season have almost passed and what ever provision is made is for Rabi and summer season. Till now no information regarding physical and financial progress achieved during the current financial year and during November 2006 is received from DOA.


Horticulture: The action plan for 2006-07 from Directorate of Horticulture was received in the month of June, 06 of Rs. 274.74 Lakhs against the budget provision of Rs. 293.23 lakhs for 2006-07. Directorate of Horticulture has submitted the action plan for current financial year for Rs.2.94 Crore. Till now no information regarding physical and financial progress achieved during the current financial year has not been received from DOA.


Veterinary: Action plan for 2006-07 was received in the month of June 2006 for Rs.4.27 Crore. Training activities has already started in ten districts and at IGFRI Jhansi


Fisheries: In year-II fifteen schemes in five basins were selected for development of fisheries. Besides this the command area ponds of these schemes will also be taken-up under fish culture. The requirement of seed, to develop these selected reservoirs with water spread area of about 3,200 ha is about 81 lakhs. The seed requirement for command area ponds will be about 5-6 lakhs. The total financial target under Fisheries Sector is for Rs.6.61 Crore during the financial year 2006-07. Allotment of Rs.2.72 crore has already been released to the fisheries department. The field officers have so far not reported the updated information about the expenditure incurred and the progress achieved.


The seed stocking in the selected reservoirs of Rewa and Sagar has been taken up during the month of November 2006. Necessary preparations has already been done and the seed is reared in the fish farms / village ponds of the concerning schemes.


The training to the fish farmers / fisherman is proposed during the month of December 2006. Officers of the fisheries department are proposed to be sent for training to CIEF Bombay and CICFRI Barracpur for advance training in reservoir management, pond culture practices and limnological studies.


Jawahar Lal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (JNKVV): J.N.K.V.V. has submitted the action plan of Rs.4.90 Crore for 2006-07. This is inclusive of the unspent non-recurring expenditure of 2005-06 i.e. Rs.1.72 Crores. Till now no information regarding physical and financial progress achieved during the current financial year has been received from J.N.K.V.V., Jabalpur.























Project Management Support : To begin with the activities under this components consultancies are to be fixed, to support project management. The status of these consultancies are:

























Training:
1. Workshop on Procurement Procedures of World Bank funded projects conducted at TTTI, Bhopal.


Training on Microsoft-Office Suite conducted at PICU, Bhopal.


Quality Management:


The office of Project Implementation Coordination Unit awarded ISO 9001:2000