Final Report for the Karnataka Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management Investment Program Volume 1: The Report TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................... i ABBREVIATIONS .......................................................................................................................... vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................. 1 1. BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................... 15 1.1 Location .............................................................................................................. 15 1.2 Climate ............................................................................................................... 15 1.3 Geomorphology ................................................................................................... 18 1.4 Soils .................................................................................................................... 18 1.5 Surface Water Resources ...................................................................................... 18 1.6 Ground Water ..................................................................................................... 20 1.7 Climate Change and Water Resources .................................................................... 22 1.8 Description of Program Irrigation Areas .................................................................. 22 1.9 Integrated Water Resources Management .............................................................. 25 1.10 IWRM Institutional Framework .............................................................................. 25 1.11 Irrigation and IWRM ............................................................................................. 26 1.12 IWRM and Climate Change .................................................................................... 27 2. KARNATAKA WATER SECTOR ASSESSMENT ......................................................................... 28 2.1 State Water Vision and Policy ................................................................................ 28 2.2 National Water Policy and National Water Mission .................................................. 29 2.3 12th Five Year Plan ............................................................................................... 30 2.4 Karnataka Water Sector SWOT .............................................................................. 30 2.5 Water Sector Objectives ....................................................................................... 31 3. OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................... 33 3.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 33 3.2 Program Rationale ............................................................................................... 33 3.3 SGOK Water Sector Roadmap ................................................................................ 37 Water Resources Management Vision .................................................................... 37 Water Services Delivery Vision ............................................................................... 39 River and Ecosystem Health Vision ......................................................................... 41 Review of Karnataka Water Sector Assistance ......................................................... 44 4. THE KISWRMIP ................................................................................................................... 48 4.1 The MFF Roadmap ............................................................................................... 48 4.2 Program Impact and Outcome ............................................................................... 50 4.3 Program Outputs ................................................................................................. 50 Output 1: State and Basin Level Institutions Strengthened for IWRM ................................... 50 DHV BV, The Netherlands in Association with DHV India Pvt. Ltd. i Final Report for the Karnataka Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management Investment Program Volume 1: The Report Output 2. Management of Irrigation Schemes with IWRM Principles .................................... 55 Output 3: Efficient Program Management Systems Operational .......................................... 60 4.4 Summary Program Investment and Financing Plan ................................................... 63 4.5 Procurement Requirements .................................................................................. 66 Civil Works .......................................................................................................... 67 Goods and equipment .......................................................................................... 68 Consultant Services .............................................................................................. 68 Procurement Plan ................................................................................................ 68 4.6 Environmental and Social Safeguards ..................................................................... 68 4.6.1 Environmental Safeguards ......................................................................... 68 4.6.2 Social Safeguards ...................................................................................... 75 4.6.3 Social Safeguards: Indigenous People .......................................................... 81 4.6.4 Summary Poverty Reduction and Social Strategy (SPRSS) .............................. 84 4.6.5 Gender Action Plan (GAP) .......................................................................... 84 4.7 Governance ......................................................................................................... 85 National Water Policy and Framework .................................................................... 85 State Water Sector Policy and Legal Framework ...................................................... 88 State Water Institutions ........................................................................................ 92 Program Involvement and Capacity Building Needs of Water Agencies ....................... 94 Stakeholder Consultation and Communication ........................................................ 97 4.8 Program Implementation ...................................................................................... 98 Implementation Arrangements .............................................................................. 98 Staffing Requirements and Organisation ............................................................... 106 4.9 Financial Management and Disbursement ............................................................ 110 5. PROGRAM BENEFITS ......................................................................................................... 112 5.1 Approach and Major Assumptions ....................................................................... 112 5.2 Economic Benefits .............................................................................................. 112 5.2 Financial............................................................................................................ 113 5.3 Social, Poverty and Gender ................................................................................. 113 5.4 Environmental ................................................................................................... 115 DHV BV, The Netherlands in Association with DHV India Pvt. Ltd. ii Final Report for the Karnataka Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management Investment Program Volume 1: The Report LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: KISWRMIP Roadmap ............................................................................................... 3 Figure 2: Tungabhadra Sub Basin ......................................................................................... 16 Figure 3: River Basins of Karnataka ...................................................................................... 19 Figure 4: Sub Basins of the Krishna River Basin ...................................................................... 20 Figure 5: Status of Groundwater ......................................................................................... 21 Figure 6: Project locations .................................................................................................. 23 Figure 7: Locations of Vijayanagara and Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal Systems ........................ 23 Figure 8: Gondhi Command Area ......................................................................................... 24 Figure 9: Vijayanagara upstream canals ............................................................................... 24 Figure 10: Example of the IWRM Institutional Framework ........................................................ 26 Figure 11. Trend in operational farm holdings (1970‐2006) ...................................................... 34 Figure 12: Strategic framework for IWRM in Karnataka............................................................ 49 Figure 13: WUCS Institutional Strengthening Strategy