IRRIGATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Irrigation Sector
IRRIGATION
| Total geographical area of the State | 55.67 lakh ha. |
| Total culturable area of the State | 5.83 lakh ha. |
| Area identified under Major/Medium Irrigatrion projects | 0.50 lakh ha. |
| Area identified under Minor irrigation schemes | 2.85 lakh ha. |
| Total identified area | 3.35 lakh ha. |
There are 1928 completed irrigation schemes in the State out of which Med Irrg 4, FIS 933, LIS 510 and Tubewell 481.
Upto the end of March, 2008, an area of 2.17 lakh hect. of land has been provided with irrigation facilities, the details of which are as under:-
| Sector | Area covered upto 31.3.2006 (ha.) |
Total area |
|
|
IPH |
RDD |
||
| Minor Irrigation | 106219 |
93196 |
199415 |
| Major Irrigation | 6055 |
0 |
6055 |
| Medium Irrigation | 11597 |
0 |
11597 |
| Total | 123871 |
93196 |
217067 |
During the current financial year 2008-09 under Minor Irrigation 775hect. of land and under flood protection 172 hect. of land have been covered upto 07/2008 for details see districtwise information at covering page.
NABARD
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SCHEMES SANCTIONED UNDER
RIDF-I TO XIII :
Under irrigation sector
| Item | WSS Scheme | Irrigation |
Flood Protection |
Total |
| No. of Schemes approved | 357 |
543 |
34 |
925 |
| No. of completed schemes | 89 |
294 |
27 |
410 |
| Total cost i/c State share (Rs. in lakh). | 26888 |
35185 |
12970 |
75043 |
| Irrgation Potential created in hect. | 0 |
25454 |
3002 |
28456 |
ACCELERATED IRRIGATION BENEFIT PROGRAMME (AIBP)
Persistent efforts have been made to get approval of Govt. of India for Minor Irrigation projects under AIBP for expeditious arrangements of funds, as 75% expenditure is borne by the G.O.I.. Accordingly, 95 schemes (Minor Irrigation) spread in the Districts of Solan, Una, Kangra, Mandi, Sirmour have been got approved for Rs. 29.27 crore. Under this programme 1 major irrigation Project Shahnehar and 2 other medium irrigation projects Sidhata and Anandpur Hydel channel has also been got approved under AIBP. So far G.O.I. has sanctioned Rs.6.71 crore for minor irrigation schemes, Rs. 5.15 crore for medium irrigation schemes and Rs. 50.26 crore for Major Irrigation Project Shahnehar, under central loan assistance.
Action plan for 2007-08 in respect of MIS under AIBP to complete the remaining 82 schemes. New shelf of 116 MIS have been approved by GOI during the year 2007-08 for amounting to Rs.120.72 Cr.