An amount of Rs. 140 crores
spent in Bolangir district,
Odisha for construction of 600 Watersheds
within 14 years without single increase
in percentage of irrigated
land in the district (!) , exposed through RTI
Bolangir was infamous and still infamous as one of the most drought prone districts in the
country and for its
notoriety of large scale migration, hunger and starvation death. Both the Central Govt. and
State Govt. have undertaken numerous schemes, anti-poverty programme,
food security programme in order to
ensure food security and increase living
standard of the poor and vulnerable families in the district. Watershed Project is one of the programme undertaken
with allocation of huge fund
to increase ground water table with water conservation measures, ensuring irrigation to lands, providing
employment to the people through
developing agriculture and horticulture activity etc. It is a multi-pronged approach to end poverty, ensure food security and
reduce migration in Bolangir. Both
Govt agencies and NGOs were engaged to undertake watershed projects in the
district.
RTI Application was submitted
in December, 2014 to the PIO, office of Project Director, watershed, Bolangir
seeking information about details of Watershed projects undertaken under different
scheme in Bolangir and the amount spent for it from beginning to 2014. The information provided by the PIO is as
follows.
Sl. No
|
Name of the
Scheme
|
No. of
Watershed
|
Project Period
|
Expenditure
incurred ( In lakh)
|
|
From
|
To
|
||||
1
|
Employment Assurance Scheme
|
91
|
1998-99
|
2005-06
|
1741.51
|
2
|
ACA ( RLTAP)
|
28
|
2002-03
|
2010-11
|
756.55
|
3
|
Spl RLTAP (ACA)
|
10
|
2008-09
|
2011-12
|
332.94
|
4
|
IWDP-II
|
19
|
1997-98
|
2011-12
|
483.43
|
5
|
IWDP-III
|
6
|
2000-01
|
2011-12
|
199.93
|
6
|
IWDP-IV
|
10
|
2006-07
|
2011-12
|
198.59
|
7
|
IWDP-V
|
10
|
2006-07
|
2011-12
|
213.32
|
8
|
DPAP ( 6th
Batch)
|
20
|
2000-01
|
2011-12
|
600.00
|
9
|
DPAP ( 7th
Batch)
|
32
|
2001-02
|
2010-11
|
306.00
|
10
|
DPAP (8th Batch)
|
32
|
2002-03
|
2010-11
|
277.32
|
11
|
DPAP (9th Batch)
|
32
|
2003-04
|
2010-11
|
138.56
|
12
|
DPAP (10th
Batch)
|
32
|
2004-05
|
2010-11
|
143.79
|
13
|
DPAP (11th
Batch)
|
36
|
2005-06
|
2011-12
|
832.83
|
14
|
DPAP (12TH
Batch)
|
36
|
2006-07
|
2011-12
|
798.10
|
15
|
WORLP (PY-I)
|
4
|
2000-01
|
2004-05
|
190.00
|
16
|
WORLP (PY-II)
|
16
|
2001-02
|
2005-06
|
760.00
|
17
|
WORLP (PY-III)
|
32
|
2002-03
|
2006-07
|
1505.23
|
18
|
WORLP (PY-IV)
|
40
|
2003-04
|
2007-08
|
1880.77
|
19
|
WORLP (PY-V)
|
32
|
2004-05
|
2008-09
|
1497.63
|
20
|
WORLP (PY-VI)
|
16
|
2005-06
|
2009-10
|
748.82
|
21
|
IWMP-I
|
10
|
2009-10
|
2011-12
|
96.70
|
22
|
IWMP-II
|
12
|
2009-10
|
2011-12
|
122.29
|
23
|
IWMP-III
|
10
|
2009-10
|
2011-12
|
98.06
|
24
|
IWMP-IV
|
9
|
2009-10
|
2011-12
|
87.26
|
25
|
IWMP-V
|
10
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
40.96
|
26
|
IWMP-VI
|
12
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
51.71
|
27
|
IWMP-VII
|
9
|
2011-12
|
2011-12
|
24.77
|
28
|
IWMP-VIII
|
9
|
2011-12
|
2011-12
|
22.00
|
Total
|
615
|
14149.16
|
|||
(ACA- Additional Central Assistance, IWDP- Integrated Watershed Development Project, WORLP- Western Odisha Rural Livelihood Mission supported by DFID, UK, DPAP- Drought Prone Area Programme, IWMP-Integrated watershed Management Programme)
Pradip Pradhan, RTI Activist
Odisha Soochana
Adhikar Abhijan
M-9937843482
Date- 31.07.2015 