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| Only 49% areas covered after expending Rs 1.63 cr | | Govt claims on augmenting irrigation facilities fall flat | | Arun Singh
Jammu, July 20: The tall claims of state government to give boost to agriculture sector across the state especially the remote areas which san irrigation facility have little substance as against targeted area of 1671 hectares under two projects "On-Farm Development (OFD) works and Water Conservation Structures" taken up by the Command Area Development Department in two districts, only 824.50 hectares i.e. 49% have been covered so far.
Sources in the Command Area Development Department told Early Times that state government during 2010-12 had implemented the schemes in two districts Kathua and Udhampur of Jammu province under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY) for overall development of natural resources and improvement of socio-economic condition of the farmers by way of creation of field channels which carry water from outlets to individual field plots for irrigation purposes.
They further said that as per the schemes the areas measuring 1671 hectares had to be completed under these two projects in two districts during the period 2010-12, but only 49% area was covered after incurring expenditure of Rs 1.63 crore as of March 2013 benefiting 647 beneficiaries as against 7600 beneficiaries targeted by the Department.
Meanwhile government had provision to provide financial assistance to the farmers for the construction of Water Harvesting Systems/ Tanks (WHT) for irrigation purposes but the department provided assistance in excess to the permissible amount violating operational guidelines.
Sources informed that the assistance to the amount of Rs 1.97 crore was paid to 198 beneficiaries during the period 2009-13 against the admissible assistance of Rs 59 lakh resulting in grant of excess assistance to the extent of Rs 1.38 crore.
As per guidelines for the construction of WHT of 1200 cubic meter capacity by individuals at a cost of Rs 1.38 lakh the assistance is to be provided to the beneficiaries at the rate of 75 per cent of the total cost of construction subject to a maximum of Rs 1.03 lakh and for smaller size of WHT amount is to be provided on pro-rata basis. The assistance of Rs 1 lakh for 300 cubic meter was to be provided for creating water source through construction of farm ponds/ dug wells by individuals prior to the year 2010. |
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