DISTRICT IRRIGATION PLAN DIMA HASAO, ASSAM 1 | P a g e District Irrigation Plan, 2016-2020 Dima Hasao, 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 APPROVAL OF DISTRICT IRRIGATION PLAN FOR DIMA-HASAO DISTRICT BY THE DISTRICT LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE For NABCONS Member Secretary, DLIC Chairman, DLIC & Principal Secreatry DAO N C Hills Autonomus Council 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 .................................................................................................................. 18 Rationale/ Justification ..................................................................................................................... 20 Methodology ..................................................................................................................................... 20 Chapter 1 : General Information of the District .................................................................................... 21 1.1 District Profile ............................................................................................................................. 21 Administrative Set-up of Dima Hasao ........................................................................................... 22 1.2 District Demography ................................................................................................................... 22 1.3 Biomass and Livestock ................................................................................................................ 24 1.4 Agro-Ecology, Climate, Hydrology and Topography ................................................................... 24 1.5 Soil Profile ................................................................................................................................... 25 1.6 Soil Erosion and Run-off Status ................................................................................................... 26 1.7 Land Use pattern ......................................................................................................................... 26 Chapter 2 : District Water Profile .......................................................................................................... 28 2.1 Area wise, Crop wise, irrigation Status ....................................................................................... 28 2.2 Production and Productivity of Major crops ............................................................................... 28 2.3 Irrigation based classification ..................................................................................................... 29 Chapter 3 : Water Availability in Dima Hasao ....................................................................................... 30 3.1 Status of Water Availability......................................................................................................... 30 3.2 Status of Ground Water Availability ........................................................................................... 31 3.3 Status of Command Area ............................................................................................................ 31 3.4 Existing type of Irrigation ............................................................................................................ 31 Chapter 4 : Water Requirement/Demand ............................................................................................ 32 4.1 Domestic Water Demand ............................................................................................................ 32 4.2 Crop water demand .................................................................................................................... 33 4.3 Livestock water demand ............................................................................................................. 34 3 | P a g e 4.4 Industrial water demand ............................................................................................................. 35 4.5 Water demand for Power Generation ........................................................................................ 35 4.6 Total water demand of the district for various sectors .............................................................. 35 4.7 Water Budget .............................................................................................................................. 36 Chapter 5 Strategic Action Plan for Irrigation in District under PMKSY ................................................ 37 5.1 Department wise, year wise plan ............................................................................................... 37 5.2 Component wise, year wise plan ................................................................................................ 37 5.3 Block wise, year wise plan .......................................................................................................... 38 5.4 Block wise, component wise plan ............................................................................................... 38 5.5 Block wise, department wise plan .............................................................................................. 39 5.6 Expected Output and Outcome .................................................................................................. 39 5.7 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................... 40 Annexure I : Area wise, crop wise irrigation status .............................................................................. 41 Annexure II : Production and Productivity of major crops ................................................................... 43 Annexure III : Status of Water Availability ............................................................................................ 45 Annexure IV : Status of Command Area ............................................................................................... 48 Annexure V : Existing Types of irrigation .............................................................................................. 51 Annexure VI : Strategic Action Plan for irrigation in District (Department wise) ................................ 53 Agriculture Department .................................................................................................................... 53 Irrigation Department ..................................................................................................................... 105 Soil Conservation Department ........................................................................................................ 115 4 | P a g e List of Tables Table 1-1: District Profile ...................................................................................................................... 22 Table 1-2: Demography of Dima Hasao ................................................................................................ 23 Table 1-3: Population of Small and Large Animals in Dima Hasao ....................................................... 24 Table 1-4: Topography, Rainfall and Climate of Dima Hasao district ................................................... 25 Table 1-5: Block wise major soil class area in Ha. And Land Slope ....................................................... 25 Table 1-6: Land use pattern in Dima Hasao district .............................................................................. 26 Table 2-1: Irrigation based classification .............................................................................................. 29 Table 3-1: Status of water availability in Dima Hasao district .............................................................. 30 Table 4-1: Domestic water demand (MCM) ......................................................................................... 32 Table 4-2: Crop water requirement (MCM) .......................................................................................... 34 Table 4-3: Livestock water demand (MCM) .........................................................................................