DISTRICT IRRIGATION PLAN Goalpara, Assam District Irrigation Plan, 2016-2020 Goalpara, Assam NABARD CONSULTANCY SERVICES PVT. LTD. Corporate Office : 24, Rajendra Place, NABARD Building, New Delhi – 110125 Reg. Office : Plot No. C24, G Block, 3rd Floor, NABARD Building Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai-400051 2 | P a g e 3 | P a g e Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... 1 i. Background ......................................................................................................................... 6 ii. Vision ............................................................................................................................... 12 iii. Objective ......................................................................................................................... 12 iv. Strategy/approach ........................................................................................................... 13 v. Programme Components .................................................................................................. 14 vi. Rationale/ Justification Statement .................................................................................. 15 vii. Methodology .................................................................................................................. 16 Chapter 1: General Information of the District .................................................................... 17 1.1 District Profile ........................................................................................................... 17 1.2 Demography .............................................................................................................. 21 1.3 Biomass and livestock ............................................................................................... 23 1.4 Agro ecology, Climate, Hydrology and Topography ................................................ 26 1.5 Soil Profile................................................................................................................. 28 1.7 Land Use Pattern ....................................................................................................... 29 Chapter 2: District Water Profile ......................................................................................... 32 2.1 Area-wise, Crop-wise Irrigation status...................................................................... 32 2.2 Production and Productivity of Major Crops ............................................................ 37 2.3 Irrigation Based Classification .................................................................................. 39 Chapter 3: District Water Availability ................................................................................. 40 3.1 Status of Water Availability ...................................................................................... 40 3.2 Status of Ground Water Availability ......................................................................... 41 3.3 Status of Command Area .......................................................................................... 45 3.4 Existing Type of Irrigation ........................................................................................ 49 Chapter 4: Water Requirement/Demand ............................................................................. 50 4.1 Domestic Water Demand .......................................................................................... 50 4 | P a g e 4.2 Crop Water Requirement .......................................................................................... 52 4.3 Livestock Water Requirement ................................................................................... 54 4.4 Industrial water Demand ........................................................................................... 55 4.5 Water Demand for Power Generation ....................................................................... 56 4.6 Total Water Demand of the district for various sectors ............................................ 56 4.7 Water Budget............................................................................................................. 57 Chapter 5: Strategic Action Plan for Irrigation in District under PMKSY .......................... 59 5.1 Component-wise plan of the district ......................................................................... 59 5.2 Block-wise Plan under PMKSY ................................................................................ 61 5.3 Department-wise plan of the district ......................................................................... 72 5.4 Pisciculture ................................................................................................................ 73 Annexure .................................................................................................................................. 75 5 | P a g e LIST OF TABLES Table 1.1: District profile ......................................................................................................... 18 Table 1.2: Demography of Goalpara ....................................................................................... 21 Table 1.3 : Category wise distribution of population in Goalpara ........................................... 22 Table 1.4: Number of large animals in Goalpara ..................................................................... 24 Table 1.5: Number of milch cows and buffaloes in Goalpara ................................................. 24 Table 1.6: Number of small animals in Goalpara .................................................................... 24 Table 1.7: Number of draft animals in Goalpara ..................................................................... 25 Table 1.8: Agro ecology in Goalpara ....................................................................................... 26 Table 1.9: Soil Profile in Goalpara .......................................................................................... 28 Table 1.10: Land use pattern of Goalpara ................................................................................ 29 Table 1.11: Block-wise land use pattern in Goalpara .............................................................. 30 Table 2.1: Area-wise crop-wise irrigation status ..................................................................... 32 Table 2.2: Irrigated and unirrigated area in Goalpara district .................................................. 36 Table 2.3: Area, production and productivity of crops from 2011-12 to 2014-15 in Goalpara .................................................................................................................................................. 38 Table 2.4: Irrigation based classification ................................................................................. 39 Table 3.1: Status of water availability in Goalpara .................................................................. 40 Table 3.2: Irrigation potential Created and Actual Area Utilized under Goalpara District ..... 42 Table 3.3: Status of Command Area ........................................................................................ 45 Table 3.4: Existing type of Irrigation in Goalpara district ....................................................... 49 Table 4.1: Average Domestic water consumption in an Indian city ........................................ 50 Table 4.2: Domestic Water Demand ........................................................................................ 51 Table 4.3: Assumptions on water requirement for major crops............................................... 52 Table 4.4: water requirement in rainfed areas and irrigated areas ........................................... 53 Table 4.5: Crop water requirement in Goalpara ...................................................................... 53 Table 4.6: Growth rates for livestock in Assam in 2007-12 .................................................... 54 Table 4.7: Water requirement range and daily water use for livestock ................................... 54 Table 4.8: Livestock Water Demand ....................................................................................... 55 Table 4.9: Industrial water demand ......................................................................................... 55 Table 4.10: Total water demand of the district (present) ......................................................... 56 Table 4.11: Total water demand of the district (projected for 2020) ....................................... 56 Table 4.12: Water Budget of Goalpara .................................................................................... 57 Table 5.1: Component-wise command area and planned outlay in Goalpara ......................... 59 Table 5.2:Block-wise command area and planned outlay ....................................................... 61 Table 5.3: Command Area and Planned Outlay for Balijana block ........................................ 62 Table 5.4:Component-wise command area and planned outlay in Jaleswar block ................. 64 Table 5.5: Command Area and Estimated Cost under PMKSY in Kharmuja block ............... 65 Table 5.6: Component-wise command area and planned outlay in Krishnai block ................ 66 Table 5.7: Component-wise command area and planned outlay in Kuchdowa block ............