PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IRRIGATION Demand No - 40 N.T.P. SUPPLIED BY THE DEPARTMENT PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, CHENNAI - 600 079. POLICY NOTE 2015 - 2016 O. PANNEERSELVAM MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND PUBLIC WORKS © Government of Tamil Nadu 2015 INDEX Sl. No. Subject Page 3.4. Dam Rehabilitation and 41 Sl. No. Subject Page Improvement Project 1.0. 1 (DRIP) 1.1.Introduction 1 4.0. Achievements on 45 Irrigation Infrastructure 1.2. 2 During Last Four Years 1.3. Surface Water Potential 4 4.1. Inter-Linking of Rivers in 54 1.4. Ground Water Potential 5 the State 1.5. Organisation 5 4.2. Artificial Recharge 63 Arrangement Structures 2.0. Historic Achievements 24 4.3. New Anicuts and 72 3.0. Memorable 27 Regulators Achievements 4.4. Formation of New Tanks 74 3.1. Schemes inaugurated by 27 / Ponds the Hon’ble Chief 4.5. Formation of New 76 Minister through video Canals / Supply conferencing on Channels 08.06.2015 4.6. Formation of New Check 81 3.2. Tamil Nadu Water 31 dams / Bed dams / Resources Consolidation Grade walls Project (TNWRCP) 4.7. Rehabilitation of Anicuts 104 3.3. Irrigated Agriculture 40 4.8. Rehabilitation of 113 Modernisation and Regulators Water-bodies Restoration and 4.9. Rehabilitation of canals 119 Management and supply channels (IAMWARM) Project Sl. No. Subject Page Sl. No. Subject Page 4.10. Renovation of Tanks 131 5.0. Road Map for Vision 200 4.11. Flood Protection Works 144 2023 4.12. Coastal Protection 153 5.1. Vision Document for 201 Works Tamil Nadu 2023 4.13. Climate Change 164 5.2. Effective Utilisation of 208 Adaptation the North - East Monsoon Generated 4.14. Innovative schemes, 168 Flood Waters Memorials, Buildings and related 5.3. Forward Planning for the 211 infrastructure Future - Road Map for Achievement 4.15. Formation of Roads and 170 Construction of Bridges 6.0. Inter State Water Issues 238 4.16. Development of Parks 175 6.1. Cauvery Water Dispute 238 4.17. Command Area 176 6.2. Mullai Periyar Dam 290 Development and Water 6.3. Palar River Water Issue 331 Management Programme 6.4. Parambikulam Aliyar 337 (CADWMP) Project - Review of 4.18. Other achievements 177 Agreement 4.19. Award for Best 191 6.5. Neyyar 344 Maintained Dam 6.6. Shenbagavalli Anicut 351 4.20. Database of Tanks 192 6.7. Pennaiyar River 355 maintained by WRD and Protection of Tanks 6.8. Mahanadhi - Godavari - 363 Krishna - Pennar - Palar 4.21. Krishna Water Supply 196 - Cauvery - Vaigai - Project Gundar link Sl. No. Subject Page 6.9. Pamba - Achankoil - 369 Vaippar Link 7.0. Schemes under 372 Implementation During the Financial Year 2015– 2016 7.1. Implementation of 374 various Schemes 7.2. Schemes proposed for 410 implementation 7.3. Desilting of Reservoirs 422 7.4. India Water Resources 425 Management Program (IWRM - HP-III) Memorable Grand Achievement Final Order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal Notified in the Government of India Gazette on 19.02.2013 “…According to me, this can be stated as the grand achievement at a personal level in my life. In my political public life of 30 years, I have satisfaction of accomplishing achievement, only today. Though many people appreciate me for having achieved many things, I do not consider those events as achievements. I have deep satisfaction in considering only this, as my grand achievement. This is a grand victory for me, my Government and the farming community of the Cauvery delta…” Hon'ble Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Puratchi Thalaivi Amma Avargal k¡fshš eh‹ k¡fS¡fhf eh‹ Mullai Periyar Dam water level reached 142 Feet on 21.11.2014 “…According to me, the people of Tamil Nadu are my people. That is why I considered this as my personal problem and acted on the Mullai Periyar dam, which is directly linked to improving your life standards, without any delay. This is the Secret of Success. This Victory is Our Victory…” Hon'ble Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Puratchi Thalaivi Amma Avargal PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT water resources and usher in prosperity in the Tamil world. Our Ambition is High! Tamil Nadu is an agrarian State. The Our Vision is Clear! State is predominantly dependent on agricultural farming. Hon’ble Tamil Nadu Our Victory is Definite! Chief Minister Amma Avargal is giving special - Hon’ble Tamil Nadu Chief Minister impetus and striving hard for developing the Puratchi Thalaivi Amma Avargal agricultural farming and for ensuring INTRODUCTION availability of required water for farming at the appropriate time. th‹ã‹W cyf« tH§» tUjyh‹ jh‹mäœj« v‹Wzu‰ gh‰W The Water Resources Department of – (FwŸ 11 ) the Public Works Department is efficiently Rainfall is the sustenance of life in the implementing various activities as per the world. This rainfall, therefore, has to be instructions, suggestions and effective considered as the elixir of life. guidance of the Hon’ble Tamil Nadu Water remains the fundamental Chief Minister Amma Avargal, to improve the requirement for sustenance of life of all living livelihood of the agriculturalists and to bring beings in this world and is the elixir of life. “If in inclusive growth and prosperity to the the water resources are developed, the land State. The initiatives undertaken are efficient resources will prosper” is the golden saying of maintenance of the existing water resources Hon’ble Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Amma systems such as reservoirs, anicuts and tanks Avargal. That is why the Hon’ble Tamil Nadu of the State, creating new irrigation Chief Minister Amma Avargal formulates, infrastructure for ensuring necessary consolidates and implements various water irrigation facilities and rehabilitating the resources development schemes through the existing irrigation infrastructure. Public Works Department, to develop the PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT agriculture, industrial development, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT domestic purposes etc., 1.0. INTRODUCTION 1.2. The Water Resources Department of the Public Works Department is 1.1. Water is the fundamental taking up construction, requirement for the sustenance of rehabilitation and maintenance of life. Agriculture being the dams, reservoirs, anicuts, predominant occupation of our checkdams, canal and channel country, effective utilisation and networks, tanks, ponds, artificial proper management of the available ground water recharge structures water resources assume significant etc. importance. Tamil Nadu, located in Some of the major initiatives the tail end of the Indian Peninsula undertaken are: has limited water resources of its own. The effective monsoon for the i. The World Bank assisted Dam State is the North East Monsoon, Rehabilitation and though certain area receives rainfall Improvement Project (DRIP). during the South West Monsoon. ii. National Bank for Agriculture The normal annual rainfall of the and Rural Development State is 911.60 mm. The (NABARD) assisted Schemes / Government is taking all necessary Works. measures to harness, impound and iii. Shared Schemes with judiciously utilise all the water Government of India such as potential available.The Government Jawaharlal Nehru National is providing special thrust to Urban Renewal Mission increase the water use efficiency in (JNNURM) and Repair, 1 2 Renovation and Restoration bodies and Coastal Protection works (RRR) of Water Bodies directly were also recently completed. linked to agriculture with central assistance. 1.3. SURFACE WATER POTENTIAL iv. Asian Development Bank 34 Rivers of the State have been (ADB) assisted Climate grouped into 17 major River Basins Change Adaptation consisting of 127 Sub-Basins. Based Programme in Cauvery Delta. on the micro level study under v. Cauvery Modernisation taken in the 17 major river basins in Scheme under Accelerated the State, the total Surface Water Irrigation Benefits Programme potential of the State has been re- (AIBP). assessed as 885 TMCft. including vi. The World Bank assisted 264 TMCft. received from the Hydrology Project III. adjoining States as per agreements, vii. Desilting of Dams. as against the earlier estimation of viii. Inter-linking of rivers within Surface Water potential of 853 the State. TMCft. In the State, 89 Dams are Apart from these, various works maintained by Water Resources were completed under the World Department with a total storage Bank assisted Irrigated Agriculture capacity of 238.58 TMC ft. Out of Modernisation and Water bodies the 39,202 tanks in Tamil Nadu, Restoration and Management 14,098 major tanks are under the (IAMWARM) Project. Under the maintenance of the Water Grants-in-aid programme of the Resources Department. 13th Finance Commission, Restoration of traditional water 3 4 1.4. GROUND WATER POTENTIAL the Department. Presently, the Engineer-in-Chief, WRD is holding It has been estimated that about the post of Chief Engineer 80% of the available ground water (General). The Water Resources potential is being utilised at present. Department of the Public Works Out of the total 385 Blocks and Department is functioning on the Chennai, 139 Blocks have been River-Basin frame work. The State categorised as Over-exploited, has been divided into four Regions, 33 Blocks as Critical, 67 Blocks as viz., Chennai, Tiruchirappalli, Semi-critical, 11 Blocks as Saline / Madurai and Coimbatore. Each Poor-quality and 136 Blocks as Safe. Region is headed by a Chief Construction of structures such as Engineer, who acts as the Basin Check dams, Bed dams, sub surface Manager of the river basins in their dykes, Recharge Shafts, Percolation jurisdiction. In addition, there are Ponds etc., are being carriedout to six functional Chief Engineers and protect, harness and improve the two Directors with specific available ground water potential of specialised tasks for the the State. formulation, implementation and management of the Water 1.5. ORGANISATION ARRANGEMENT Resources Development Schemes, The Engineer-in-Chief (Water acquiring and disseminating ground Resources Department) and the water and surface water potential Engineer-in-Chief (Buildings) are data, operation and maintenance, the two technical heads of the Public research and studies and impart Works Department.