Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) Detailed Project Report (DPR) IWMP-VI-20012-13 Nemmara Block Panchayat Technical Support Organization Centre for Socio-economic & Environmental Studies (CSES) Khadi Federation Building, NH By-Pass, Padivattom, Kochi - 682 024, Kerala, India Tel: +91-484-2805107, 2805108 Email:
[email protected] Url: www.csesindia.org 1 CONTENTS Page ABBREVIATIONS 3 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 5 CHAPTER II THE PROJECT AREA 13 CHAPTER III MICRO WATERSHEDS IN THE PROJECT AREA 37 CHAPTER IV PROBLEMS TO BE ADDRESSED 46 CHAPTER V WATERSHED INTERVENTIONS 49 CHAPTER VI INSTITUTION BUILDING AND PROJECT 57 MANAGEMENT CHAPTER VII DETAILED ACTION PLAN 67 CHAPTER VIII EXPECTED OUTCOMES 113 CHAPTER IX SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 116 2 ABBREVIATIONS APL Above Poverty Line AAP Annual Action Plan BLCC Block Level Coordination Committee BPL Below Poverty Line BRGF Backward Regions Grant Fund CEO Chief Executive Officer CSES Centre for Socio-economic and Environmental Studies DLCC District Level Coordination Committee DPC District Planning Committee DPR Detailed Project Report EPA Entry Point Activities FGD Focus Group Discussion GIS Geographic Information System GP Grama Panchayat GW Ground Water IEC Information, Education and Communication IT Information Technology IWMP Integrated Watershed Management Programme LFA Logical Framework Analysis LSGD Local Self Government Department LSGI Local Self Government Institutions LSS Livelihood Support System MCM Million Cubic Meters MGNREGA Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act