DISTRICT IRRIGATION PLAN TINSUKIA, ASSAM 1 | P a g e District Irrigation Plan, 2016-2020 Tinsukia, 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 | P a g e Table of Contents List of Figures .......................................................................................................................................... 5 List of Maps ............................................................................................................................................. 5 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................. 6 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 10 Background ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Vision ................................................................................................................................................. 16 Objective ........................................................................................................................................... 16 Strategy/approach ............................................................................................................................ 17 Programme Components .................................................................................................................. 17 Rationale/ Justification ..................................................................................................................... 19 Methodology ..................................................................................................................................... 20 : General Information of the District .................................................................................... 21 1.1 District Profile ............................................................................................................................. 21 Brief history of the district ............................................................................................................ 23 Administrative Set-up of Tinsukia ................................................................................................. 23 1.2 District Demography ................................................................................................................... 24 1.3 Biomass and Livestock ................................................................................................................ 25 1.4 Agro-Ecology, Climate, Hydrology and Topography ................................................................... 26 1.5 Soil Profile ................................................................................................................................... 27 1.6 Soil Erosion and Run-off Status ................................................................................................... 28 1.7 Land Use pattern ......................................................................................................................... 28 : 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 : Water Availability in Tinsukia ............................................................................................. 32 3.1 Status of Water Availability......................................................................................................... 32 3.2 Status of Ground Water Availability ........................................................................................... 33 Hydrogeology ................................................................................................................................ 33 Ground Water Resources .................................................................................................................. 36 Ground Water Quality ................................................................................................................... 36 Status of ground Water Development .......................................................................................... 36 3.3 Status of Command Area ............................................................................................................ 36 3.4 Existing type of Irrigation ............................................................................................................ 37 : Water Requirement/Demand ............................................................................................ 38 3 | P a g e 4.1 Domestic Water Demand ............................................................................................................ 38 4.2 Crop water demand .................................................................................................................... 39 4.3 Livestock water demand ............................................................................................................. 40 4.4 Industrial water demand ............................................................................................................. 41 4.5 Water demand for Power Generation ........................................................................................ 42 4.6 Total water demand of the district for various sectors .............................................................. 42 4.7 Water Budget .............................................................................................................................. 43 Strategic Action Plan for Irrigation in District under PMKSY ................................................ 45 5.1 Department wise, year wise plan ............................................................................................... 45 5.2 Component wise, year wise plan ................................................................................................ 45 5.3 Block wise, year wise plan .......................................................................................................... 46 5.4 Block wise, component wise plan ............................................................................................... 47 5.5 Block wise, department wise plan .............................................................................................. 47 5.6 Expected Output and Outcome .................................................................................................. 48 5.7 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................... 48 Annexure I : Area wise, crop wise irrigation status .............................................................................. 50 Annexure II : Production and Productivity of major crops ................................................................... 52 Annexure III : Status of Command Area ................................................................................................ 55 Annexure IV : Existing types of Irrigation .............................................................................................. 57 Annexure V : Strategic Action Plan for irrigation in District (Block wise) ............................................ 58 Sadiya Block ...................................................................................................................................... 58 Itakhuli Block ..................................................................................................................................... 59 Hapjan Block ..................................................................................................................................... 60 Guijan Block ...................................................................................................................................... 62 Margherita Block ............................................................................................................................... 63 Saikhowa Block ................................................................................................................................. 67 Kakapathar Block .............................................................................................................................. 71 4 | P a g e List of Tables Table 1-1: District Profile ...................................................................................................................... 22 Table 1-2: Demography of Tinsukia ...................................................................................................... 24 Table 1-3: Population of Small Animals in Tinsukia .............................................................................. 26 Table 1-4: Population of Large Animals in Tinsukia .............................................................................