PERFORMANCE PROGRESSION POLICIES Irrigation Design and Research Board November 2020 PREFACE Water is a prime natural resource, a basic human need without which life cannot sustain. With the advancement of economic development and the rapid growth of population, water, once regarded as abundant in Kerala is becoming more and more a scarce economic commodity. Kerala has 44 rivers out of which none are classified as major rivers. Only four are classified as medium rivers. All these rivers are rain-fed (unlike the rivers in North India that originate in the glaciers) clearly indicating that the State is entirely dependent on monsoon. Fortunately, Kerala receives two monsoons – one from the South West and other from the North East distributed between June and December. Two-thirds of the rainfall occurs during South West monsoon from June to September. Though the State is blessed with numerous lakes, ponds and brackish waters, the water scenario remains paradoxical with Kerala being a water –stressed State with poor water availability per capita. The recent landslides and devastating floods faced by Kerala emphasize the need to rebuild the state infrastructure ensuring climate resilience and better living standards. The path to be followed to achieve this goal might need change in institutional mechanisms in various sectors as well as updation in technology. Irrigation Design and Research Board with its functional areas as Design, Dam Safety, Hydrology, Investigation etc., plays a prominent role in the management of Water Resources in the State. The development of reliable and efficient Flood Forecasting and Early Warning System integrated with Reservoir Operations, access to real time hydro-meteorological and reservoir data and its processing, etc. have become inevitable to ensure climate resilience. Being an organization that continuously strives in pursuit of excellence in the field of quality design and innovative research for water resources management of the State, capacity building of the technical resource in Irrigation Design and Research Board (IDRB) is of prime importance to achieve these goals. This documentation summarizes the strategy for performance improvement of IDRB to complement the efforts taken by Water Resources Department to rebuild the State in line with the goals envisaged by various Government/International agencies. ii The document suggests specific short-term goals and targets for each wing under IDRB so as to ensure overall development of the organization in the long-run. The various goals are being set with a view to develop climate resilient infrastructure and new major development projects that ensures people and their assets are able to withstand the onslaught of future disasters. Some of the major achievements of IDRB are also included. This document is prepared with a view to clearly lay down the path for performance betterment and is hoped to serve as an evaluation tool. I wish to place on record my heartfelt thanks to Hon’ble Minister for Water Resources, Government of Kerala Sri. K Krishnankutty for his extraordinary support and encouragement. I also wish to place on record my sincere gratitude to Sri. T K Jose IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Home & Water Resources Department for his intellectual inputs and being the visionary, whose relentless follow-up has paved way in formulating this document. I thank Sri. Pranab Jyothi Nath IAS, Special Secretary, Water Resources for his advice and offer in supporting the document so as to realize the goals envisioned in this document. I also thank various other staff in the Government as well as State Planning Board for their offer of support in ensuring the ideals should this document be published. I thank all the Joint Directors (Smt. Subhalekshhmi R, Canals, Smt. Bindhu K P, Design Manual, Smt. Manju S, Dam Safety, Smt. Ranjitha C N, Dams, Smt. Sandhya S G, Hydrology and Investigation) and all Deputy Directors (especially Smt. Priji S S, Deputy Director, Dams, IDRB) of IDRB whose sincere comments along with their intervention by timely provision of details enabled to publish the document in stipulated time. I also appreciate the support offered by Finance Officer and Administrative Assistant of IDRB in their own means to achieve the goals envisaged. Special thanks needs to be conveyed to the officers for their painstaking efforts for designing and drafting this document within shortest time viz. Smt. Anugeetha B, Assistant Director, Canals, Smt. Priya B S, Assistant Director, Dam Safety, Smt. Soumya R. Chandran, Assistant Director, Hydrology, Sri Arun C, JWR Section, Meenakshipuram (now under the orders of transfer to Dam Safety, IDRB), Smt. Suja K, Assistant Director, Dams, Smt. Krishnendu R, Assistant Engineer, Investigation, Smt. Nandini G Nair, Assistant Director, Dam Safety, Smt. Athulya Das A S, iii Assistant Director, Canals, Smt. Nazreen S, Assistant Director, Dams, Smt Devika S L, Assistant Director, Hydrology, Sri. Rohith R D, Assistant Director, Hydrology, Sri Anandababu S P, Junior GIS Technician. Final thanks to Sri. Priyesh R, Director, IDRB for coordinating the entire assignment and offering valuable suggestions so as to achieve the intended spirit of the document. I hope this document will act as a guideline in developing IDRB as an institute of excellence in its mandated field. Regards D. Biju Chief Engineer Investigation & Design (IDRB) Thiruvananthapuram Contact No: - 04712784001 Email: - [email protected] 20th November 2020. iv CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................. viii LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................. ix 1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 1 2. ROLE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND FUNCTIONS OF IDRB ............................ 3 2.1 Vision ...................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Mission ................................................................................................... 9 2.3 Goals ...................................................................................................... 9 3. THE TEAM IDRB ............................................................................................ 12 3.1 Chief Engineer, IDRB ........................................................................... 12 3.2 Director (IDRB) ..................................................................................... 13 3.3 Joint Director (Canals) & Joint Director (Dams) .................................... 13 3.4 Joint Director (Dam Safety) .................................................................. 15 3.5 Joint Director (Hydrology and Investigation) ......................................... 16 3.6 Joint Director (Design Manual) ............................................................. 18 3.7 Other facilities ....................................................................................... 21 3.8 Team Vision (Division-Wise) ................................................................. 22 3.9 Goals and Timeframe ........................................................................... 22 3.10 Project- Year wise details ..................................................................... 25 4. HISTORY EVOLUTION AND CURRENT STATUS OF IDRB ......................... 26 4.1 Details of Completed Projects .............................................................. 26 4.2 Details of Ongoing Projects (2020-21) .................................................. 26 5. DETAILS OF CATEGORY-WISE PROJECTS................................................ 27 5.1 Plan Funds 2020-2021 ......................................................................... 27 5.2 Externally aided projects....................................................................... 32 5.3 National Hydrology Project ................................................................... 36 v 5.4 Rebuild Kerala Initiative (RKI) Projects ................................................. 37 5.5 Kerala Irrigation Infrastructure Fund Board (KIIFB) Projects ................ 37 5.6 State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) ................................................ 37 6. COLLABORATION WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS ........................................ 38 6.1 Academic Institutions ............................................................................ 38 6.2 Research Institutions ............................................................................ 39 6.3 Research Projects ................................................................................ 40 6.4 Problems faced for research activities .................................................. 41 6.5 Collaboration with Kerala Engineering Research Institute (KERI) ........ 41 7. WEBSITE IMPROVEMENT ............................................................................ 43 7.1 Present status of website development ................................................ 43 7.2 Scope for future improvement .............................................................. 43 8. TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING ISSUES ........................................... 45 9. PROBLEMS FACED BY IDRB ........................................................................ 47 10. WAY FORWARD .......................................................................................... 50 11. MONITORING AND REVIEW ......................................................................