DISTRICT IRRIGATION PLAN BAKSA, ASSAM 1 District Irrigation Plan, 2016-2020 Baksa, Assam NABARD CONSULTANCY SERVICES PVT. LTD. Corporate Office : 24, Rajendra Place, NABARD Building, New Delhi – 110125 Reg. Office : Plot No. C24, G Taluka, 3rd Floor, NABARD Building Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai-400051 2 District Irrigation Plan, Baksa Foreword by DLIC 3 District Irrigation Plan, Baksa Contents List of Tables ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 List of Figures & Maps ............................................................................................................................................. 7 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................................. 8 District Demography: ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Agriculture in Baksa: ............................................................................................................................................. 10 District Water Profile: ............................................................................................................................................. 10 PMKSY Financial Proposal: ................................................................................................................................... 10 Expected Outcome: ................................................................................................................................................ 11 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 12 Chapter 1: General Information of the District..................................................................................................... 22 1.1 District profile: .................................................................................................................................................... 22 Location and Geographical Unit: .............................................................................................................................. 22 Brief History .............................................................................................................................................................. 23 Administrative Set-up of Baksa1 ............................................................................................................................... 23 Chapter 2: District water Profile ............................................................................................................................ 30 2.1 Area wise, Crop wise Irrigation Status: ............................................................................................................... 30 2.2 Production and Productivity of Major Crops: ...................................................................................................... 30 2.3 Irrigation Based Classification: ........................................................................................................................... 31 Chapter 3: District Water Availability ................................................................................................................... 33 3.1 Status of Water Availability ................................................................................................................................. 33 3.2 Status of Ground Water Availability .................................................................................................................... 34 3.3 Status of Command Area ................................................................................................................................... 38 3.4 Existing Type of Irrigation ................................................................................................................................... 38 Chapter 4: Water Requirement/Demand ............................................................................................................... 40 4 District Irrigation Plan, Baksa 4.1 Domestic Water Demand ............................................................................................................................... 40 4.2 Crop Water Requirement ............................................................................................................................... 41 4.3 Livestock Water Requirement ........................................................................................................................ 43 4.4 Industrial Water Requirement ......................................................................................................................... 44 4.5 Water Demand Power Generation ................................................................................................................. 46 4.6 Total Water Demand of the district for various sectors ................................................................................... 46 4.7 Water budget .................................................................................................................................................. 49 Chapter 5 : Strategic Action Plan for Irrigation ................................................................................................... 51 5.1 Strategic Plan for irrigation in PMKSY. ........................................................................................................... 51 5.2 Department wise total Plan of the district ....................................................................................................... 51 5.3 Component-wise Plan .................................................................................................................................... 52 5.4Block-wise Plan under PMKSY ....................................................................................................................... 53 5.5 Suggestions ................................................................................................................................................... 54 5.6 Expected Outcome ......................................................................................................................................... 55 Annexures ............................................................................................................................................................... 51 5 District Irrigation Plan, Baksa List of Tables TABLE 1.1: DISTRICT PROFILE ..................................................................................................................................... 20 TABLE 1.2: DEMOGRAPHY OF BAKSA ............................................................................................................................ 22 TABLE 1.7(A): LAND USE PATTERN IN BAKSA DISTRICT ................................................................................................... 25 TABLE 1.7(B): LAND USE PATTERN IN BAKSA DISTRICT ................................................................................................... 25 TABLE 2.1: AREA WISE, CROP WISE IRRIGATION STATUS ................................................................................................. 26 TABLE 3.1: WATER AVAILABILITY IN BAKSA .................................................................................................................... 28 TABLE 4.2: CROP WATER REQUIREMENT ....................................................................................................................... 35 TABLE 4.3(A): LIVESTOCK WATER REQUIREMENT ........................................................................................................... 36 TABLE 4.3(B): LIVESTOCK WATER REQUIREMENT ........................................................................................................... 36 TABLE 4.4(B): INDUSTRIAL UNIT AND EMPLOYMENT SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................ 37 TABLE 4.4(B): INDUSTRIAL PROFILE OF BAKSA .............................................................................................................. 37 TABLE 4.4(C): INDUSTRIAL WATER REQUIREMENT OF BAKSA ........................................................................................... 38 TABLE 4.5 WATER DEMAND FOR POWER GENERATION.................................................................................................... 38 TABLE 4.6(A): PRESENT WATER DEMAND OF THE DISTRICT FOR VARIOUS SECTORS ......................................................... 39 TABLE 4.7: WATER BUDGET ........................................................................................................................................ 40 TABLE 5.4: BLOCK WISE PLAN UNDER PMKSY .............................................................................................................. 44 6 District Irrigation Plan, Baksa List of Figures & Maps FIGURE 1.1: DISTRICT MAP OF BAKSA……………. ........................................................................................................ 20 FIGURE 3.1: HYDROGEOLOGY OF BAKSA .....................................................................................................................