N.R.E.G.S. -PANCHMAHALS 1

District Rural Development Agency Panchmahals - Godhra

Presentation on Convergence in NREGS

Panchmahals at a glanceNo of Blocks 11 Job cards issued 212613

No of villages 1217 Job cards to BPL 92654

No of Panchayats 668 Accounts opened 106930

Total area ha 513820 Families benefitted (09-10) 87160

Forest area ha 125713 Employment generated (LMD) 31.382

Irrigated area ha 102083 Employment to BPL (LMD) 19.68

Total population 2025277 Employment to SC (LMD) 2.885

Sex ratio 938 Employment to ST (LMD) 23.381

% of Rural population 87.50 Employment to women (LMD) 14.487

% of Tribal population 27.45 Average wage rate (Rs.) 80

BPL families (0-16) 95029 Expenditure (Dec-09) Crore Rs. 37.00

Water conservation

Group well

Renovation of waterbodies

Flood control

Roads

90%

4%

3.10%

0.40%

2.50%

Water conservation

Drought proofing

Group well

Renovation of waterbodies

Flood control

Rural connectivity

Works Completed 13151

Works Completed 6848

2006-2009

2009-10 (Up to Oct.)

49%

12%

4%

4%

12%

19%

water conservation : People’s first choice

Year Works

Mandays

(Lakhs)

Expend’re (Crore)

Wage : material

ratio

Average wage (Rs.)

2006-07 835 21.188 14.95 98 : 2 48

2007-08 2215 23.529 16.72 86 : 14 54

2008-09 3798 37.873 32.62 72 : 28 60

2009-Dec. 13151 31.38 37.00 70 : 30 80

2010-Mar Proj 14200 50.00 54.00 77 : 23 100

NREGA – A Journey forward

INITIATIVESCommunity irrigation wellThe issue

• No major irrigation scheme

• Low land holding (avg land holding 1.74 hec)

• Single crop farming

The Scheme :

• Group well for three SC / ST / BPL beneficiaries of holding 3-5 acres(total )

• Dia 14 ft , Depth 40 ft ; Average cost Rs. 1.12 Lacs

• MOU for sharing waters & treating as a “community asset”

The impact : • Units completed 1298 outlay Rs 1362.90 lakh

• Irrigation potential enhanced 5516 acres

• Multiple cropping (as against single crop only)

Extension of the scheme:

Looking to the initial success of the scheme, it is extended further to the 80

villages of two of the tribal blocks Kadana and Santrampur with pump set and

pipe line from TASP(GOG) grant of Rs. 95.18 lakh and Rs. 40 lakhs from

Devloping block special grant(GOG) . The project shall cover 320 Jan Kalyan

Mandals and 4800 to 6400 households. Each mandal supervised by a co-

ordinator. The project under commissioning by FES, an NGO affiliated with

NDDB.

INITIATIVES

Combating rural malnutrition The problem

Rural population, tribal in particular, suffer from deficiency of Iron &

general malnutrition due to poverty and typical food habits

Problem is acute in women & children

The Efforts

Joint effort of DRDA, ICDS, Forest and Panchmahal dairy

8.52 lacs saplings of Amla and Drumstick raised under NREG (17.79 Rs. Lakh )

and Forest dept (8.75 Rs. Lakh) and distributed among Anganwadi beneficiaries

Supply of Fortified flavored milk at selected blocks from RSVY at Rs. 39 lakhs

Kitchen Garden kits distributed among 21446 rural women to scale up

nutritional status . Fund source RSVY, Total outlay of Rs. 34.88 lakh

The outcome

General improvement in health status reported

Reduction in grade 3 & 4 children ( From 1508 in 2007 to 482 till date)

INITIATIVESEnhancement of rural livelihood

The issue

Low land holding, traditional farm practices and

lack of major irrigation scheme results in the low agricultural productivity

The scheme

Convergence of Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojna (RSVY) and NREGS

Three of the backward blocks of the district selected for supply of farm in –

puts

30 groups each with 11 farmers were assisted with an irrigation bore well,

pump set, pipe line, fertilizer, pesticides and technical guidance from RSVY

scheme at a cost of 10.05 crore

Beneficiaries to be supplied with improved varieties of horticultural plants

raised at nurseries under NREGS at a cost of 89.00 lakh

Scheme is under operation. Impact study by independent agency proposed.

INITIATIVESPucca roads in remote

tribal areas

The problem

Far flung tribal areas of Panchmahals

suffer from problems of connectivity of Falias (hamlets) which adversely

affects the delivery systems

The scheme

Pucca roads in the remote tribal area of Santrampur block

46 road projects with 7360 meters length

Soil metal work from NREGS at 27.26 lakhs and surfacing from TASP

grant of RS. 61.77 lakhs

The impact

Project is underway. Independent impact study proposed.

Soil Metal Road

INITIATIVES

Renovation of Existing

Sources of irrigation

The issue

The major and minor irrigation schemes of the district with a

command area of 56998 and 11302 hectar s respectively

The said canals were partially silted over a period of time due to lack of

grants

Silting of the canals resulted in the loss of irrigation potential

The Project

Canals with a length of 708.31 km was de- silted, strengthened wherever

needed and the bushes cleared

Project is undertaken from NREGA at an outlay of Rs. 157.10 lakhs

The impact

Enhancement of 1265 ha. irrigation potential

Desilting of minor irrigation canal

N.R.E.G.S.

INITIATIVES

Water conservationThe issue

Panchmahals is characterized by low scale of Industrialization. Agriculture is the

main source of livelihood. This sector suffers low productivity on account of

inadequate irrigation (only 20 % of land is irrigated) and low holding (55 % of

farmers hold less than 2 ha.)

The strategy

A consensus on building water conservation potential was arrived at by

dialogues with all the stake holders including PRI’s

14685 works which include check dams, check wall, boribund, tanks and de-

silting of existing water bodies was undertaken with a labor budget of 32.25

lakhs person days at an outlay of 36.82 crore during 2006-09

The impact

Enhancement of storage capacity of 3 million m3

Enhancement in the irrigation potential by 6450 hect

in the Rabi cultivation : 51155 (2006) to 105699 (2009)ha

Irrigation group well, Ta Morwa

Soak pit with small drain , Ta Lunawada

Check wall

Deepening of Tank

N.R.E.G.S.

Boribandh

Check dam

Nursery

NREGS

De silting of CheckDam at Village Dantol Ta.Ghoghamba

De-silting of Canal

N.R.E.G.S.

Boribandh