Newsletter No. 60;
IRBMS
been created to conserve water and irrigate fields. target for the next financial year would be much
Statistics show that the uptake of NREGA work more.
more than doubled in first two months of financial
year 2016-17 in Jharkhand, presumably on account c) More soil and water conservation structures are
of drought. planned this year to strengthen the Natural
resource base of the state. The department is also
Jharkhand is having only 17% cropping intensity
promoting fisheries production under NREGA.
due to its poor irrigation infrastructure. Currently,
only 22% of cultivable land in Jharkhand is under As per calculation, present scenario of Ground
some form of irrigation system. Over 70% of Water and Surface Water in Jharkhand is as
Jharkhand population is dependent of agriculture follows:-
and in regular basis farmers here suffer due to 1. Ground Water Reserve of Jharkhand - 4292
erratic rainfall which leads to crop loss in M.C.M.
unirrigated areas. Integrated Water 2. Surface Water - 25876.98 M.C.M.
Resource
Management is thus been highlighted by the Rural 3. Allocation for irrigation required by fields -
Development Department which has been using 3813.17 M.C.M.
MGNREGA work in that direction. 4. Industry Requirement - 4338 M.C.M.
5. Urban area requirement - 1616.35 lakh gallons
The department initiated a number of programs;
6. Availability in urban area - 734.35 lakh gallons
a) an NRM capacity building program for BDOs
and BPOs of all C D Blocks has been initiated in Out of 24 districts in Jharkhand 16 districts are
which IRBMS Vice President Shri Dinabandhu marked as the ‘most irrigation deprived’. Those
Karmakar and Secretary Shri Sujit Choudhury is are; 1. Bokaro, 2. Chatra, 3. Deogarh, 4. Dhanbad, 5.
providing support to the Department. Dumka, 6. Garwah, 7. Giridih, 8. Godda, 9. Gumla,
10. Hazaribagh, 11. Pakur, 12. Palamu, 13. Paschim
b) As NRM activity large plantation has been Singhbhum, 14. Purbi Singhbhum, 15. Ranchi, 16.
undertaken by the department in participation Sahibganj
with the Block Officials, Panchayats and villagers.
Important achievement is mango plantation on
400 hectares of land in last financial year. The
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