IWMP-11 - Commissionerate of Rural Development Gujarat State ...

Need of Watershed Development Programme
PIA: DWDU, Amreli
Watershed Development Programme is selected on the basis of thirteen parameter namely Poverty Index, Percentage of SC/ST, Actual
Wages, Percentage of small and marginal farmers, Ground water status, Moisture Index, Area under rainfed Agriculture, Drinking water
situation in the area, percentage of degraded land, Productivity potential of the land, Contiguity of another watershed that has already
developed/treated Cluster approach for plain or for hilly terrain. Based on these thirteen parameter a composite ranking was been given to
cluster.
Since the waste land is maximum in the project area and due to the low moisture index the area is classified under IWDP block. Drinking
water is a major problem in this project area. In a broader view the soil of this region is suitable for agriculture crops and cash crops but
due to lack of water harvesting structures and irrigation water agriculture itself has become a constraint and the productivity potential has
considerable gone low. The soil is very porous and hence rate of infiltration is more however production of the land can be significantly
enriched with the help of better management practices and availability of timely irrigation and use of organic and inorganic fertilizer.
Table no.2: Weight-age of the project
Weightage under the criteria
Project name Project type
i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x xi xii xiii Total
IWMP 11 Others 7.5 3 0 5 3 10 10 7.5 10 10 10 15 0 91
District Watershed Development Unit, Amreli 8