Kshipra Sub Basin - Asian Development Bank

Support to the National Water Mission NAPCC
Appendix 3 Kshipra Sub Basin
o Artificial recharge points in river: The farmers nearer the river are very supportive of this. Any
enhancement of water efficiency will be taken back by activity rise. If more water becomes
available 25% of the non cultivable months will become come under cultivation. Government
regulation on bore holes number/water withdrawal pattern.
o Equitability in access to water; equitability in the distribution of water is not regarded as a
major issue.
o Water associations are almost non existent.
o Rapid land use change is changing the groundwater hydrology.
o Conjunctive management of surface and groundwater is seen as important.
o It was considered that there is no single solution but portfolio of solutions needed; conjunctive
use with more groundwater recharge farm ponds, re-excavation of govt ponds to enhance
water flow, dams on nallas are all seen as important.
o More technical assessment needed to understand feasibility of various options including the
use of tanks for irrigation and groundwater recharge. Feasibility study for recharge technique
scientific means should be used to better understand the groundwater potential is considered
important.
o Enhance non farm income sources was seen as an important need.
C. Surface Water Resources
101. In the Kshipra sub-basin main source of irrigation and drinking water in through groundwater
resources; surface water from canals and tanks is less than 3% with the exception of Indore as
indicate in Table 30 14 below:
Table 30: Net Area Irrigated from Different Sources (ha)
District Name Canals Tank Tube wells + Other
Total
Area (ha)
other wells sources
Dewas 2,360 944 123,955 11,044 138,303
Indore 12,591 528 71,492 9,111 93,722
Ujjain 716 3,229 123,241 16,711 143,897
Total 15,667 4,701 318,688 36,866 375,922
Percent of Total
Dewas 2 1 90 8 100
Indore 13 1 76 10 100
Ujjain 0 2 86 12 100
Total 4 1 85 10 100
102. Farmers are growing two crops. The main crops are wheat, soybean, sugar cane, vegetables,
gram and groundnuts, mostly irrigating from tube wells and other wells..
103. There is no major surface water resources project in the Kshipra basin. The river Kshipra flows
in the monsoon season only, with no post monsoon flow in the river. Madhya Pradesh has constructed
some check dam in Chambal river for water conservation but the same is objected by Government of
Rajasthan as the inflow into Gandhi-Sager dam are likely to reduce due to upstream utilization through
check dams.
1. Proposed Surface Water Schemes
104. A number of surface water schemes are presently under consideration and are relevant to the
current study. Surface water development must be referred to the interstate board. The inter-state
Board-―Chambal Board is functioning for inter-state co-operation for Chambal water between
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. There is also a Chambal agreement between the two states for
sharing of Chambal waters. Three dams and a barrage have been constructed on the main Chambal
River downstream of the confluence of Kshipra with Chambal. The agreement provides for equal
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