Portfolio Category: Irrigation

Salient Details

Program management and implementation of Small Irrigation Program to develop or improve approximately 14,305 ha command area in about 943 small irrigation systems in nine districts (Achham, Dailekh, Jajarkot, Kalikot, Ramechhap, Okhaldhunga, Khotang, Udayapur and Sindhuli) of Nepal through a community managed driven process targeted to poor, women and other disadvantaged groups.

Program management and implementation of Small Irrigation Program to develop or improve approximately 14,305 ha command area in about 943 small irrigation systems in nine districts (Achham, Dailekh, Jajarkot, Kalikot, Ramechhap, Okhaldhunga, Khotang, Udayapur and Sindhuli) of Nepal through a community managed driven process targeted to poor, women and other disadvantaged groups.

The overall expected impact of the programme is to increase agriculture income of the rural poor. Productivity was measured through (i) yields of major crops increased by at least 30% in project areas, and (ii) cropping intensity in irrigated areas increased by at least 30%. The program also offered optimal ‘backward and forward linkages’ to farmers accessing agricultural support services for extension, agriculture inputs and linkage to agriculture production value chains. This was done through synergy with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) funded Nepal Agricultural Services Development Programme (NASDP) and Nepal Agriculture Market Development Programme (NAMDP).

As Project Management & Implementation Support Consultant (PMISC), carried out following scope of services: (i) preparation of Yearly Plan of Operation (YPO) for the Government of Nepal for the program implementation; (ii) program management and implementation support to the PSU; (iii) assistance in he identification and screening of potential projects, (iv) strengthening Water User Associations (WUAs); (v) undertaking feasibility assessments of screened projects using a comprehensive participatory approach, (vi) preparing detailed designs and bill of quantities (BOQs), (vii) construction supervision, (viii) support to WUAs in undertaking project irrigation works, (ix) assure synergy with other SDC funded programs/projects in the agriculture sector for developing and implementing agricultural extension programs; (x) support in monitoring of program in terms of physical and financial progresses; (xi) prepare Fund Flow Analysis (FFA) and; (xii) Outcome Monitoring Summary (OMS), Annual Program Reports (APR). In addition, PMISC was also mandated to manage the Swiss Grant to the Government of Nepal. In brief, the roles of the PMISC were to support program implementation as well a policy initiative for a uniform sub-sector approach for small irrigation development.

The program contract value was CHF 18.708 million (equivalent USD 20.39 million) and project administered cost was CHF 13.93 million (USD 15.18 million).

Client: Department of Irrigation
Funding Agency: Government of Nepal
Period: April 2012 to January 2014
Consulting Association: PRECAR- GEOCE JV
Approx. Value of Services: Total- NRs 3.77 million, GEOCE’s part- NRs 1.51 million
Professional Staff Input: National (64) person months

Salient Details:

Detailed survey, design and cost estimate preparation of irrigation system covering 3,510 ha command area from Dodhara-Chadani Main Canal of Mahakali Irrigation Project Stage III

The Mahakali River in the east and the Jogbudha River in the west and south form the boundaries of the command area. Typically, the command area is north-south treading – about 16 km long and 2.4 km wide. The net command area is 3,510 ha excluding about 470 ha between Jogbudha and Indo-Nepal border outside the reach of Dodhara-Chandani Main Canal (DCMC). Long siphons are required; making the irrigation development for 450 ha areas uneconomical.

Main scope of work included:

• Preparation of layout plan of the secondary and lower order canals to a level that enable water delivery to a block of 28 ha overlay the whole planning of such irrigation system on the topographical map.
• Collection of information of existing irrigation schemes from secondary sources and from field.
• Collection of socio-economic and agricultural data from secondary sources and from the field.
• Collection of geological data from secondary sources and from the field.
• Collection of hydro-meteorological data and assess irrigation water requirement for the Project Area.
• Proposed suitable cropping patterns for the Project Area for with project condition.
• Preparation of Irrigation system plan of the Project Area considering the available water in Sharada Canal and Mahakali River and the water requirement for Command Area.
• Detailed survey of canal networks for command area development works of Chandani-Dodhara canal command.
• Optimize canal system plan to the tune of available water to be optimally diverted from Sharada Canal, India towards the command area in the left bank of Sharada Canal.
• Detailed design of canal system including canal and drainage structures and command area development works, which comprised design of main canal-35 km, branch canal-44 km,  structures -1710 nos. including main, branch and tertiaries canals; main structures: C/D works-36 nos., field outlet-877 nos; shallow tube well development- 26 nos; drain escape- 10 nos; road pipe culvert-10 nos; double barrel VRB-18 nos; single barrel VRB for secondary canals- 45 nos; single barrel VRB for tertiary canals-107 nos; drop structures for DCMC-10 nos; drop structures for secondary canals- 36 nos; drop structures for tertiary canals-143 nos; drop cum double barrel VRB for DCMC- 9 nos; drop cum single barrel VRB for secondary canals – 12 nos; drop cum single barrel VRB for tertiary canals- 40 nos; aqueducts- 4 nos., HP siphon- 3 nos; head regulators and cross regulators -11 nos., gate keeper house 1 no, WUA building 1 no, O&M building 1 no. and Irish bridge- 2 nos.
• Design of Jogbudha river training work, 36.4 km
• Preparation of detailed design drawings and cost estimates.
• Preparation of implementation plan of canal system.