Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Public Disclosure Authorized Report No. 16688 IMPLEMENTATIONCOMPLETION REPORT Public Disclosure Authorized INDIA MAHARASHTRACOMPOSITE IRRIGATION m PROJECT (CREDIT 1621-IN) Public Disclosure Authorized JUNE 17, 1997 Agriculture and Water Operations Division Country Department II South Asia Region Public Disclosure Authorized This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization. CURRENCYEQUIVALENTS Currency Unit = Rupees (Rs) Atappraisal(1985)US$1 = RsI2.0 CompletionYear (1996) US$1 = Rs 35.3 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 1 metre (m) = 3.28 feet (ft) 1 kilometre(km) = 0.62 miles (mi) 1 hectare (ha) = 2.47 acres (ac) 1 millioncubic metres (Mm3) = 804 acre-feet (ac-ft) 1 cubic foot per second (cfs or cusec) = 0.0283 cubic metres per second (m3/s) 1 kilogram(kg) = 2.2 lbs (lb) 1 metric ton (t) = 2,205 pounds (lb) 1 thousandmillion cubic feet (TMC) = 28.317 mlllion cubic metres (Mm3) FISCAL YEAR OF BORROWER April I - March 31 Vice President MiekoNishimnzu Director : Robert S. Drysdale DivisionChief/Manager Shawki Barghouti Staff Member N K. Bandyopadhyay FOR OFFICIALUSE ONLY IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INDIA MAHARASHTRA COMPOSITE IRRIGATION HI PROJECT (CR. 1621-IN) Table of Contents P RE F A CE ..... ............... .................................. .................................................................. ..................................i EVALUATION SUMLIvARY.1i PART I: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATIONASSESSMENT .......................................................... 1 A. PROJECT OBJECTIVES ....................................................... B. ACHIEVEMENTOF PROJECT OBJECTIVES..................................... 4 C. MAJOR FACTORS AFFECTINGTHE PROJECT...................................... 10 D. PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY .. ....................................12 E. BANK PERFORMANCE...................................... 13 F. BORROWERPERFORMANCE ...................................... 14 G. ASSESSMENTOF OUTCOME...................................... 17 H. FUTURE OPERATION...................................... 17 I. LESSONS LEARNED...................... ......................................................................... 18 PART II: STATISTICALTABLES ............................... 21 Table 1. Summary of Assessments......... ... ..............................................................2...1.21 Table 2: Related Bank Loans/Credits............................... 23 Table 3: Project Timetable............................... 24 Table 4: Loan/CreditDisbursements: Cumulative Estimated and Actual.......................... 24 Table 5: Key Indicators for Project lnplementation................................................... 25 Table 6: Key Indicators for Project Operation................................................... 26 Table 7: Studies Included in Project................................................... 26 Table 8A: Project Costs.................................................... 27 Table 8B: Project Financing................................................... 27 Table 9: Economic Costs and Benefits................................................... 28 Table 10: Status of Legal Covenants................................................... 29 Table 11: Compliancewith OperationalManual Statements.............................................. 33 Table 12: Bank Resources: Staff Inputs ................................................... 33 Table 13: Bank Resources: Missions................................................... 34 APPENDICES 1. Mission's Aide Memoire 2. Economic and FinancialAnalysis 3. MiscellaneousTables 4. Economic RehabilitationProgram 5. Borrower's EvaluationReport This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performanceof their official duties. Its contents may not otherwisebe disclosed without WorldBank authorization. IMPLEMENTATIONCOMPLETION REPORT INDIA MAHARASHTRA COMPOSITE IRRIGATION PROJECT III (Cr. 1621-IN) PREFACE This is the Implementation Completion Report (ICR) for the Maharashtra Composite Irrigation Project III (MCIP III) in India, for which Credit 1621-IN in the amount of SDR 164.2 million (US$160 million equivalent) was approved on July 16, 1985 and made effective on March 13, 1986. The project was approved for restructuring on April 3, 1993, at which time the credit was revised to SDR 132.2 million (US$128.8 million equivalent). The Credit was closed on December 31, 1996, five and a half years later than the original closing date of June 30, 1991. Final disbursement took place on February 20, 1997 and the revised Credit amount was fully disbursed. This ICR was prepared by an FAO/CP mission' which visited India from November 29 to December 16, 1996. It was finalized by Mr. N. K. Bandyopadhyay, Irrigation Engineer in the Resident Mission in India, and Mr. Jean-Pierre Baudelaire, Consultant and former Task Manager, and reviewed by Mr. Ridley Nelson, Principal Agricultural Economist, Agriculture and Water Operations Division, and Ms. Kazuko Uchimura, Project Adviser, Country Department 2, South Asia Region. The ICR mission coincided with the final supervision mission2. It is based on a review of the Staff Appraisal Report of the original project, the consultants' feasibility study of the restructured project, legal documents, supervision reports and project files, as well as field investigations and discussions with Bank staff and officials of the Irrigation, Agriculture, Public Works, and Revenue and Forests Departments of the Government of Maharashtra (GOM). The implementing agencies had prepared their own progress reports from which the mission was able to draw considerable information regarding physical and financial progress of the works The mission visited five of the six subprojects (Majalgaon, Upper Penganga, Kukadi, Bhima and Krishna) and held discussions with project-level officers of the implementing agencies, and participating farmers, collecting considerable information on project performance. Borrower's comments have been taken into account and a Borrower's Evaluation Report is in Appendix 5. I Messrs. W.J. Sorrenson(Agricultural Economist, Mission Leader), G.S. Schokman(Irrigation Engineer, Consultant)and S. Sarkar (Agronomist,National Consultant). 2 Messrs.N.K. Bandyopadhyay (Task Manager, SA2RS) and I.U.B.Reddy (R&R Specialist, SA2RS). ii IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION REPORT INDIA MAHARASHTRA COMPOSITE IRRIGATION PROJECT III (Cr. 1621-IN) Evaluation Summarv Introduction 1. The Maharashtra Composite Irrigation Project III (MCIP III) initially provided for the completion of the Jayakwadi and construction of the Majalgaon schemes. These schemes, located along the Godavari river in West Maharashtra, are to cover an area of about 300,000 ha. At restructuring, in addition to the continuation of the remaining works of the Jayakwadi and Majalgaon subprojects, construction works for four new subprojects (Kukadi, Bhima, Krishna, and Upper Penganga) were added. Project Objectives 2. The main objective of the original and restructured project was to substantially raise agricultural production and farmers' incomes by improving the use of the poorly drained black cotton soils and the available water in the reservoirs of the subprojects. This objective was to be achieved through: (a) the completion of irrigation works and on-farm development works; (b) the stimulation and promotion of agricultural development; and (c) the introduction of improved operations and maintenance (O&M) practices. Additional measures introduced at the restructuring stage were: (a) the economic rehabilitation of project-affected persons (PAPs); (b) technical assistance to ensure the sustainability of the schemes; (c) establishment of water users' associations (WUAs) to be responsible for water management, maintenance and cost recovery; and (d) the modernization of canals. 3. Command Area. Of the total of 733,000 ha of culturable command area (CCA) in the subprojects included in the original and restructured project, the CCA under the project was limited to 227,800 ha3 according to the availability of water. 4. Components. The original project included the following components in the Jayakwadi subproject: (a) completion of the irrigation systems (distributary and minor canals); (b) completion of the main and link drains; and (c) development of three special distributaries (SDDs); and the following components in the Majalgaon subproject: (a) completion of main canals including lining; (b) construction of distributary and minor canals; and (c) construction of the main and link drains. In the two subprojects, the components include : (a) the construction of field and drainage networks; (b) land shaping; (c) rural roads; (d) equipment for land shaping; (e) 3 Jayakwadi,88,000 ha; Majalgaon,58,000 ha; Kukadi,20,000 ha; Bhima,28,000 ha; Krishna,10,800 ha; and UpperPenganga, 23,000 ha. iii strengthening the monitoring and evaluation unit; (f) technical, agricultural extension, and research support; and (g) training, studies, study tours and consulting services. 5. At restructuring, besides the continuation of the on-going works in Jayakwadi and Majalgaon subprojects, civil works in the four new subprojects were similar to those provided for in the original project. In addition, the project included: (a) modernization of reservoir headworks in the four new subprojects; (b) service roads; (c)