Assignment name:
Capacity building of Water Users Associations (WUAs) for Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) in the sub-basin(s) of Arjuna nadhi, Nichaba nadhi and Kalingalar lying in the Districts of Virudhunagar and Tirunelveli |
Value of the Project :
Rs. 1,11,30,000
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Location of the project :
Sub-basin(s) of Arjuna nadhi, Nichaba nadhi and Kalingalar lying in the Districts of Virudhunagar and Tirunelveli |
Duration of assignment (months):
30 Months |
Name of Collaborative Organisation: World Bank, PWD/WRO – Virudhunagar |
Total No. of staff-months of the assignment
630 Staff Months In the Sub-basin(s) of Arjuna nadhi, Nichaba nadhi and Kalingalar lying in the Districts of Virudhunagar and Tirunelveli |
Address: The Executive Engineer, WRO/PWD, Upper Vaippar Basin, Rajapalayam, Virudhunagar | |
Start date (month/year) and Completion date (month/year): 5.11.2011 to till date | |
Narrative description of Project: The Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization and Water – Bodies Restoration and Management (TNIAMWARM) Project is being implemented by the Government of Tamil Nadu with a loan/credit from the (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)/International Development Association (IDA) in the amount of about US$ 485 million with the objective of improving irrigation service delivery and productivity of irrigated agriculture with effective integrated water resources management in a river basin / sub-basin framework in the State. Productivity and incomes from irrigated agriculture and allied activities would require the coordinated effort of the concerned line departments namely, Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Agriculture Engineering, Agriculture Marketing etc. providing required support to and working in close co ordination with the WUAs, (DCs and PCs if required). To focus attention on the agricultural intensification, diversification, productivity improvement, introduction of improved technology, providing required agro-processing, agricultural marketing and agribusiness input. |
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Description of actual services provided:
This consultancy of providing capacity building of Water Users Associations (WUAs) for successful implementation of Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM), and to ensure with necessary ways and means for the sustainability of the outcomes, contemplated under the project.
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