WATER USERS ASSOCIATIONS IN MAHARASHTRA, 马哈拉施特拉的水用户协会.pptVIP

Participatory Irrigation Management in Maharashtra- A case Study  Dr Sanjay BelsareSe and DS, GoMNational Convention of WUAs07-08Nov , New Delhi INTRODUCTION Maharashtra is the third largest state (30.8 million hectares) with the third largest population (113 million) in India. About 58% of the state’s population is in rural areas, 80% of whom are dependent on agriculture The availability of water in the state is highly uneven most of the rainfall occurs in just 40 to 100 days Ultimate irrigation potential of the state is about 12.6 million hectare (M ha), 8.5 m ha is from surface water 4.1 m ha from ground water sources As of June 2013, total surface irrigation potential created in the state was 4.9 MHa. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PIM Phad System The Phad system on canals has been implemented since 400 years in Nasik Dhule districts. Water is diverted by constructing bandharas across these rivers. Several beneficiaries belong to a single Phad. The crops are rotated in different phads in a 4-year cycle. Malgujari Tanks The tenure of Gond kings saw the creation of series of tanks in Vidarbha. It is given to understand that nearly 10,000 tanks had been constructed nearly 300 to 350 years back in Vidarbha region through entirely private enterprise of the Kohali community i.e. by deploying their own money and efforts. Development in post-independence period Bombay Province in 1947 had created canal advisory committee, block level water committee and corporate body of landowners. National Water Policy-1987 and Maharashtra Irrigation Act-1976, emphasized on participation of farmers in irrigation management of WUAs. First WUA under cooperative act was established in 1989 . Evaluation of Working of WUAs functioning in the State A study was taken up in 2005 to evaluate performance of WUA suggest suitable measures to strengthen them. Total 439 WUAs throughout the State have been taken up for the study. The reg