Command
Area Development
The
irrigation potential created are brought under utilization
through Command Area Development Programme. Under this programme,
construction of on-farm-development (OFD) components like
field channel, field drain, reclamation of water-logged
areas within the command and correction of system deficiency
are taken care of as hardware activities of the programme.
It also covers regulatory water distribution activity called
warabandi, formation of registered water user association
(WUA), training to the officers and farmers as software
activities of the programme. The programme aims at establishing
a close partnership between the farmers (water users) and
the implementing Govt. Department with the ultimate objective
of transferring the responsibility of irrigation management
system to the farmers.
Out of
1.20 lakh hectare net irrigation potential created, about
0.48 lakh hectare only has been brought under utilization.
The utilized area works out to be 40% only leaving 60% potential
created unutilized. With the help of Govt. of India, CSS
Command Area Development programmes are under implementation
in a phased manner to narrow down the existing gap of 60%.
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