JHARKHAND
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Brief Description of the Innovative Practices
•
Diploma in Watershed Management (DWM) course started in
collaboration with JSWM, IGNOU and BAU.
•
Vegetable cultivation especially tomato cultivation in Hazaribagh
district in Churchu block by PRADAN.
•
Providing Solar Service Charging Station to beneficiaries through
TERI (59% subsidy).
•
Gravity Irrigation System - Identification of artisan aquifer at ridge
portion of the catchment, construction of Dam & channelize water
to the lower command areas through distribution chamber and
under ground pipe line system for irrigation of beneficiaries plot.
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Problems/ Issue that necessitated the initiatives
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Grass root level institutions i.e. Watershed Committee, SHG, UG,
Federation, etc. should be encouraged to take most of the decisions at
watershed level so that most of the conflicts can be resolved.
The status of Watershed Committee registration are as follows
Watershed
Committee
Total (in nos)
Registered (in nos)
928
702
• These Grass Root level Institutions should be linked with financial
institutions i.e. NABARD, Gramin Banks, Credit society etc. so that
they can handle MIS for SHGs to be made and other projects
independently.
•
Staffs / Experts at all level need to be encouraged so that they can
be motivated enough to implement the programme successfully.
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Description of the outcome of the Innovative practices
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Under DWM Course, majority of the watershed beneficiaries at WC/ SHG/ UG has been enrolled and
successfully passed. Further, they are being utilized/ engaged as WDT and Experts at Monitoring &
Evaluation level.

HYV Tomato cultivation has been practiced in the project areas and it has been replicated in near by
project areas.
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92 nos of Solar service charging stations has been installed by TERI under IWMP. 50 nos of solar lantern
has been provided in each Station. This solar lantern is being utilized as study of children, meeting of
the villagers at night, cooking of food at HH level etc.

In most of the drainage line where the velocity of runoff water is quite high because of the rolling and
undulating topography, a series of Loose Boulder Check Dam/ Gully Control Measures has been
constructed which resulted in reducing runoff velocity and soil erosion.
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11 nos of gravity irrigation system has been constructed under IWMP & IWDP in Angara, Silli,
Ormanjhi, Palkot & Mohanpur Blocks in Jharkhand & 378 Ha of land is being irrigated. Mono-cropped
areas has been converted into double/ multiple cropped areas. The list of all the Gravity Irrigation
system & its command areas are as follows:
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Details of Gravity Irrigation System Constructed by
Different PIAs
S.
No
Name of Projects
Village Name
Block Covered
Year of
Construction
Expenditure
Command Area
(Rs. In Lakh)
(In Ha)
1
Sonuabera
2011-12
18.32
47
2
Tirlakocha
2011-12
10.35
25
2012-13
7.69
20
3
Ranchi-IWMP-2/2009-10
Piprabera
Angara
4
Jharnapani
2014-15
12.95
34
5
Simrabera
2014-15
12.25
31
6
IWDP
Nawadih
Silli
2009-10
10
56
7
IWDP
Medini
Silli
2009-10
6.75
39
8
Ranchi-IWMP-9/2011-12
Ichadag
Ormanjhi
2015-15
24
50
9
Gumla-IWMP-3/2012-13
Marda
Palkot
2015-16
5.25
15
10
PS-IWMP-9/2011-12
Chirya
Manoharpur
2015-16
7.5
18
11
Ranchi-IWMP-8/2011-12
Nawadih, Medni
Silli
2015-16
18.5
43
133.56
378
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Efforts taken for Up-scaling/Replication at other
sites – Experience sharing
• Under DWM course, a total of 451 students has been enrolled and 61
candidates has been passed out. They have been engaged for the
development of Jharkhand watershed.
• Tomato cultivation has been replicated in whole Jharkhand areas and a series of
marketing network has been established.
• Keeping in view of sustainability of solar system and its advantage over other
system, this system has been upgraded and being used in most part of project
areas in different form because it is clean and pure form of energy.
• An efforts has been made to identify the sites of artisan aquifer in
Jharkhand state through remote sensing technology and develop the
gravity irrigation system either through IWMP or in convergence with
MGNREGA and Water Resource Department.
• Special provision has been made to treat all the drainage line areas under
IWMP in Jharkhand through LBCD/ Gully plugs/ brush wood check dam/
bamboo & wooden logs/ etc and it is being implemented under Soil and
Moisture Conservation treatment.
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Learning regarding process
restructuring/ reorganization
Although all the innovative activities is being practiced but its
pace of implementation is not encouraging. The reason is
because of the
 Delay in Fund flow at Institutional Level.
 Delay in Fund flow at Project Level.
 Restructuring of PMKSY (Watershed Development) within
the state.
 Carry forward of Watershed Committee registered bodies.
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THANKS
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