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BACKGROUND<br />
Department of wasteland development under the Ministry of Rural areas and Employment,<br />
Government of India, sanctioned the Integrated Wasteland Development Project (DPAP) -<br />
Phase I for Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh. The project encompassed treatment<br />
of 46000 ha of cultivable land in 92 watersheds in 46 mandals of Mahabubnagar district. The<br />
objectives of this project were: (1) To integrate land and water conservation and<br />
management into the village micro-watershed plans; and (2) To enhance people’s<br />
participation in the integrated watershed development program at all stages. This project<br />
was sanctioned for implementation with a project budget outlay of Rs. 1840 lakhs (Table 1)<br />
and to accomplish over a period of seven years from 1995-96 to 2002-03.<br />
Table 1. Development activity component-wise approved allocations and expenditure in<br />
the project.<br />
Components of<br />
developmental activities<br />
District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) Mahabubnagar, now designated as District<br />
Water Management Agency (DWMA) was assigned the responsibility of providing<br />
infrastructure for implementation, management of the project through project implementing<br />
agency and financial supervision of the project and received an amount of Rs.1840 lakhs<br />
grant at 50% contribution each from GOI and government of AP. DRDA-Mahabubnagar<br />
selected government and non-governmental agencies for project implementation during<br />
1995-96 to 2000-2001. The details of 92 selected watersheds in respective mandals for<br />
treatment is given in Table 2.<br />
Details of project funding (Rs. in lakhs)<br />
Total allocation Total expenditure Deviation<br />
Community organizations 73.60 27.25 46.35<br />
Training 110.4 42.32 68.08<br />
Works 1479.21 1392.68 86.53<br />
Administrative costs 184 326.65 -142.65<br />
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