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Project Objectives and Expected Results
The objective of the Project is to optimize the conjunctive use of surface and ground water for
agriculture and reduce flooding in the Project area. The expected results of the Project are to improve
irrigation in order to benefit agriculture in the DVCA, and to reduce annual flooding in the Lower
Damodar sub-basin area.
III. Project Description
The Project tentatively consists of the following four components:
• Component 1: Irrigation Modernization
This component aims to reduce operational water losses across the system and allow the available
water to service a greater combined area across all crop seasons. The investment would include: (i)
improving water conveyance and allocation and increasing storage potential; and (ii) strengthening
institutions that are responsible for irrigation management.
• Component 2: Water Resources Management.
This component mainly aims to alleviate annualized flooding in the Lower Damodar sub-basin area.
The investment would mitigate flooding hotspots by carrying out channel desilting works, flow
regulation structure modification and embankment reconstruction at key locations. In close
collaboration with the World Bank-funded Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project, the
investment would also include measures to strengthen forecasting and analysis capability to improve
dam operation and water storage management in upstream reservoirs. Opportunities will also be
explored for ways to capture and direct wet season water in order to recharge groundwater.
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• Component 3: Command Area Development
This component would complement the irrigation system improvement under Component 1, with
the aim of improving water delivery and allocation below the outlet level (effectively at tertiary
command level). The investment would include infrastructure development, capacity strengthening
and institutional reforms for improving irrigation at tertiary command level.
• Component 4: Project Management and Institutional Development
This component would support strengthening of the capacity for project management of both the
IWD and the Project Management Unit (PMU), including, inter alia, procurement, financial
management, and monitoring and evaluation. |
