KARNATAKA NEERAVARI NIGAM LTD Karnataka Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management Investment Program ADB LOAN 3836-IND Quarterly Progress Report July-September 2020 Project Management Unit, KISWRMIP Project Support Consultant SMEC International Pty. Ltd. Australia in association with SMEC (India) Pvt. Ltd. 19 December 2020 DOCUMENTS/REPORT CONTROL FORM Report Name Quarterly Progress Report July-September 2020 Karnataka Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management Project Name: Investment Program Project Number: 5061164 Report for: Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd (KNNL) REVISION HISTORY Revision Date Prepared by Reviewed by Approved by # Dr. Srinivas Mudrakartha Dr Srinivas Dr Srinivas 19 December 1 Balaji Maddikera Mudrakartha/ Mudrakartha/ 2020 (Draft) Deepak GN and Team Gaurav Srivastava Gaurav Srivastava ISSUE REGISTER Distribution List Date Issued Number of Copies KNNL 19 December 2020 10 SMEC Staff 19 December 2020 2 Associate (Gaurav Srivastava) 19 December 2020 1 Office Library (Hospet) 19 December 2020 1 SMEC Project File 19 December 2020 2 SMEC COMPANY DETAILS Dr Janardhan Sundaram, Executive Director 1st Floor, Novus Tower, West Wing, Plot Number-18, Sector–18, Gurgaon–122016, Haryana Tel: +91 124 4501100 Fax: +91 124 4376018 Email: [email protected];Website:www.smec.com CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 KISWRMIP-MODERNIZATION OF IRRIGATION PROJECTS .............................................. 3 2.1 Tranche 2-Vijayanagara Channels Irrigation System ....................................................... 3 2.1.1 Project Management ................................................................................................. 4 2.1.2 Project Basic Data ..................................................................................................... 7 2.1.3 Utilisation of Funds .................................................................................................... 8 2.1.3.1 Contract Awards .................................................................................................... 8 2.1.3.2 Disbursements ...................................................................................................... 8 2.1.4 Design and Monitoring Framework Indicators .......................................................... 9 2.1.5 Key Activities and Milestones ................................................................................. 10 2.1.1 Agreed Action Points from Aide memoire ............................................................... 11 2.1.2 Project 2 Deliverables ............................................................................................. 13 2.2 Tranche 2 VNC Modernization project ............................................................................ 13 2.2.1 Modernization Works: VNC Package 1 .................................................................. 13 2.2.1.1 Physical Progress ................................................................................................ 14 2.2.1.2 Financial Progress ............................................................................................... 18 2.2.1.3 S Curves .............................................................................................................. 20 2.2.2 Safeguard Monitoring .............................................................................................. 23 2.2.2.1 Risk Mitigation measures for COVID 19 ............................................................. 27 2.2.2.2 Grievance Redressal Mechanism ....................................................................... 27 2.2.3 Third Party Quality Assurance ................................................................................ 29 2.2.4 Public Consultations ................................................................................................ 31 2.3 WUCS formation and strengthening activity ................................................................... 32 2.3.1 Baseline Assessment of WUCS .............................................................................. 32 2.3.2 Capacity Building of WUCS .................................................................................... 32 2.3.3 Revival and Registration of WUCS ......................................................................... 39 2.4 Sustainable Agriculture Activity ....................................................................................... 40 2.4.1 System of Rice Intensification paddy ...................................................................... 43 2.4.2 Direct Seeding of Rice ............................................................................................ 46 2.4.3 Promotion of Organic Farming ................................................................................ 49 2.4.3.1 Growth promoters and Bio-pesticides ................................................................. 49 2.4.3.2 Waste decomposer ............................................................................................. 50 2.4.3.3 Ghana Jeevamrutha ............................................................................................ 51 2.4.3.4 Jeevamrutha ........................................................................................................ 52 2.4.3.5 Low cost Vermicompost ...................................................................................... 53 2.4.3.6 Poochimarandu: A broad-spectrum biopesticide ................................................ 54 2.4.4 System of crop intensification: Guli Ragi ................................................................ 55 2.4.5 Revival of Traditional Crop Varieties ...................................................................... 56 2.4.5.1 Evaluation and demonstration of desi rice germplasm ....................................... 57 2.4.6 Study Tours ............................................................................................................. 57 2.4.7 Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative ............................................................................ 59 2.4.8 Kitchen Garden ....................................................................................................... 61 2.5 Social Management Framework and Gender Action Plan.............................................. 64 2.5.2.1 Capacity Building Programs ................................................................................ 65 2.5.2.2 Women Subcommittees ...................................................................................... 67 2.5.4 Livelihood Activities by Women .............................................................................. 73 Tranche 2-Quarterly Progress Report Apr-Jun 2020 Page | i 2.5.5 GAP progress in VNC ............................................................................................. 74 2.6 Information, Education and Communication ................................................................... 80 2.7 Program Performance Management System ................................................................. 82 3.0 TUNGABHADRA LEFT BANK CANAL ................................................................................ 86 4.0 PROJECT STAFF MOBILISATION ...................................................................................... 88 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: PMU Staff position ............................................................................................................. 4 Table 2: Project Basic Data ............................................................................................................. 7 Table 3: Detailsof Contract award under Tranche 2 ........................................................................ 8 Table 4: Details of disbursement ..................................................................................................... 8 Table 5: Status of DMF .................................................................................................................... 9 Table 6: Agreed Action Points ....................................................................................................... 11 Table 7: Important deliverables for Project-2 activities .................................................................. 13 Table 8: Physical progress of RBC works as of 30September 2020-VNC Package 1 ................. 15 Table 9: Physical progress of LBC works as of 30September 2020-VNC Package 1 .................. 16 Table 10: Financial Progress of RBC works as of 30 September 2020 (VNCPackage 1) ........... 18 Table 11: Financial progress of LBC works as of 30 September 2020-VNC Package 1 .............. 19 Table 12: Details of trees cut from various canals ........................................................................ 25 Table 13: List of compensatory tree plantation along VNC as of September 2020 ...................... 25 Table 14: Tree species selected by communities for compensatory tree plantation .................... 26 Table 15: Grievances registered as of 30 September 2020 .......................................................... 28 Table 16: WUCS strengthening and capacity building activities as of 30 September 2020 ......... 34 Table 17: Trainings on sustainable agricultural practices ............................................................ 42 Table 18: Status of SRI Kharif-2020 Paddy farmers as of 30 September 2020 ..........................