Department of Water Resources Government of Orissa

Guidelines

ObjectiveO r i s s a

In stream storage.

Ground Water recharge

Incidental irrigation during late Khariff and Rabi by storing water at the end of monsoon mainly through lifting devices.

Irrigation use of water flowing down drainage channels.

Other uses like Drinking water, bathing, washing, fishing, recreation etc.

O r i s s aSelection Criteria

Blocks having less than 35% irrigation coverage to be considered on priority.

Areas where farmers are using traditional irrigation by constructing temporary cross bunds on streams.

Where the farmers are willing to take up operation & maintenance of the structure.

The newly constructed structure should not have any adverse impact on the hydrological efficacy of the existing, ongoing and future major, medium, minor (flow) irrigation and minor (lift) irrigation projects.

In-stream storage will be developed near urban centers if suitable rivers and locations available for multipurpose domestic and irrigation use.

Salient Features & Types of Check Dams

O r i s s a

Check dams, up to a height of 2.0 mt. can be constructed across small tributaries / nallah / drainage channel within the banks and streams in middle and higher reaches (within approx. 50 mts. wide) : Low cost structures, irrigation by beneficiaries through own arrangements - lift or flow, operated by beneficiaries. Diversion weir type structure.

Check dams in deltaic rivers/ drainage channel (lower reaches) (within approx 50 mts. wide) : Mostly for irrigation through lift, operated by beneficiaries.

Storage across major rivers and streams having higher width and huge flood water discharge: Irrigation purpose, to be operated by Department.

Design AspectO r i s s a

Check dams on small streams /nallahs / drainage channel & Deltaic river:

All the structures shall be designed as per standard practices for ensuring the safety & economy.

Height of these structures - normally within 2.0 m.

Storage arrangement through gates of wooden planks/ shutter / sand bags/ pre-stressed concrete slabs.

Structures are to be constructed in series to make them more effective by storing more water for attaining their objectives.

Check dams on main streams.

  The design of these structures shall confirm to prevailing codes & references.

Implementation ArrangementsO r i s s a

Existing field units of major & medium sector and minor irrigation sector will implement the scheme following standard extant codal procedures with following stipulations.For Small Check Dams:•Percentage basis tender to be invited as per OPWD Vol-I clause 3.5.5(v).•Tendering process in case of small check dams to be completed preferably within one month.•In case of seriously unbalanced bids additional performance security to be deposited by agencies with the tender and to be kept from agencies during execution.•On completion projects will be handed over to Pani Panchayats / farmer groups for management.•Consent of farmers to be obtained before / during and after completion of the work.Separate implementation arrangements will be formulated for barrages anicuts across major streams which will be constructed, operated and maintained by the Department.

Operation and MaintenanceO r i s s a

Pani Panchayats (WUAs) should be formed by the beneficiaries of the scheme during the process of selection of site for check dams.

The infrastructure once completed in all respects will immediately be handed over to Pani Panchayats (W.U.As) for its operation and maintenance. Department will provide necessary technical support.

The Department responsible for execution of the scheme will supply the wooden / steel planks or sand bags once only and demonstrate the operation of putting shutters / planks / sand bags in position and their removal, transportation and maintenance in real field scenario.

Contd……

Operation and MaintenanceO r i s s a

It is mandatory that the waterway of check dams constructed across stream / nallah / drainage channel etc. should be free from any obstructions / interventions made by planks / steel shutters / sand bags etc. before onset of the monsoon or later by 5th of June every year.

The Pani Panchayats (W.U.As) are responsible to install lifting arrangement for lifting water from the pond and its conveyance for equitable irrigation to users’ farms.

The Pani Panchayats (W.U.As) may install and maintain pipe conduits, taps etc. and take care to make water hygienic, if the water is to be used for drinking purpose.

O r i s s aMonitoring Mechanism

State level monitoring committee.

District level monitoring committee.

Department level monitoring.

Contd……

Monitoring of the activities at three levels.

O r i s s aMonitoring Mechanism

State level monitoring committee:-

Chief Secretary Chairman

Agricultural Production Commissioner Member

Secretary, Finance Department Member

Secy, Revenue & Disaster Management Dept. Member

Secretary, Agriculture Department Member

Secretary, Energy Department Member

Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department Member

Secretary, Rural Development Department Member

Secretary, S.T. & S.C. Dev. Department Member

Contd……

O r i s s aMonitoring Mechanism

State level monitoring committee:-

Secretary, Department of Water Resources Member Convener

Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources Member

Engineer-in-Chief, Planning & Designs Member

Chief Engineer, Minor Irrigation, Bhubaneswar Member

Other Govt. Officer with the permission of the Chair-Member

Contd……

Meeting will be held twice within a financial year.

O r i s s aMonitoring Mechanism

District level monitoring committee:-

Collector & District Magistrate -Chairman

P.D., DRDA -Member

P.A., ITDA -Member

Superintending Engineers concerned -Member

E.E. Irrigation Divn. concerned - Member

District Agricultural Officer -Member

Soil Conservation Officer -Member

Horticulturist concerned -Member

E.E., Minor Irrigation concerned -Member Convener

Monitoring committees will be notified by DoWR

Meeting will be held once in every quarter of each financial year.

Contd……

O r i s s aMonitoring Mechanism

Department level monitoring:-

To be monitored by the Director, M&E, O/o the Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources.

The CE&BMs / CEs / CCEs will furnish Monthly Progress Reports during the 1st week of each month preferably transmitted electronically.

The Director M&E will prepare a consolidated progress report and furnish it to DoWR under intimation to all the Chief Engineers and Basin Managers / Chief Engineers and Engineer-in-Chiefs.

Day to day progress will be monitored by the regular monitoring arrangements of the department.

IN STREAM STORAGE STRUCTURE WILL HAVE

• Instream structures (Low height) store water within banks

• Low height pier to support gates

• Gates at bed level to release flood water & flush silt in rainy season

• High floods to spill over piers

• Gate/closure will be removed up before 1st June to release flood

• Gate will be kept in place by 15th October to store water

DISTRICT-WISE STATUS OF CHECK DAMS

Contd…Contd…

Sl. Sl. NoNo DistrictDistrict

A/A Accorded A/A Accorded Status of Check DamsStatus of Check Dams No of No of applicatiapplicati

ons ons receivedreceived

No No Cost in Cost in lakh lakh

rupees rupees

Ayacut Ayacut in ha in ha

Taken Taken upup

CompleteCompleted d

ProgressProgress Tender Tender invitedinvited

11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 1010

11 Angul Angul 2020 140.12140.12 275275 1414 -- 1414 66 120120

22 Balasore Balasore 162162 1401.811401.81 27382738 7474 6060 1414 1717 175175

33 Bargarh Bargarh 164164 1602.251602.25 34853485 6262 1313 4949 111111 233233

44 Bhadrak Bhadrak 1111 62.9362.93 230230 88 66 22 55 2424

55 Bolangir Bolangir 103103 1088.841088.84 20432043 8484 2626 5858 3939 300300

66 Boudh Boudh 102102 1206.481206.48 14641464 2727 66 2121 4040 151151

77 Cuttack Cuttack 121121 876.06876.06 19051905 5757 5252 55 6464 9090

88 Deogarh Deogarh 4646 376.06376.06 71147114 2828 88 2020 2020 300300

99 Dhenkanal Dhenkanal 7272 566.44566.44 13051305 5858 2222 3636 1414 143143

1010 GajapatiGajapati 2020 86.6486.64 254254 -- -- -- 1717 103103

Contd…

Sl. Sl. NoNo DistrictDistrict

A/A Accorded A/A Accorded Status of Check DamsStatus of Check DamsNo of No of

applicatiapplications ons

receivedreceived

No No Cost in Cost in lakh lakh

rupees rupees

Ayacut Ayacut in ha in ha

Taken Taken upup

CompleteCompleted d

ProgressProgress TendeTender r

invitedinvited

11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 1010

1111 Ganjam Ganjam 110110 1127.671127.67 14881488 2828 1111 1717 3838 126126

1212 Jagatsinghpur Jagatsinghpur -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

1313 Jajpur Jajpur 3333 223.99223.99 365365 2828 1414 1414 55 7878

1414 Jharsuguda Jharsuguda 2424 179.43179.43 323323 2020 1616 44 55 224224

1515 Kalahandi Kalahandi 167167 1296.361296.36 23372337 5151 1414 3737 5353 304304

1616 KandhamalKandhamal 4040 360.86360.86 425425 -- -- -- 2222 130130

1717 Kendrapara Kendrapara -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

1818 Keonjhar Keonjhar 132132 1574.861574.86 25772577 3939 1717 2222 102102 346346

1919 Khurda Khurda 9090 822.95822.95 10521052 3030 88 2222 66 156156

2020 Koraput Koraput 5151 479.27479.27 818818 2626 44 2222 1515 136136

DISTRICT-WISE STATUS OF CHECK DAMSDISTRICT-WISE STATUS OF CHECK DAMS

Sl. Sl. NoNo DistrictDistrict

A/A Accorded A/A Accorded Status of Check DamsStatus of Check DamsNo of No of

applicatapplications ions

receivereceivedd

No No Cost in lakh Cost in lakh rupees rupees

Ayacut Ayacut in ha in ha

Taken Taken upup

ComplCompleted eted

ProgressProgress Tender Tender invitedinvited

11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 1010

2121 MalkangiriMalkangiri 1010 87.9187.91 116116 55 -- 55 -- 1010

2222 Mayurbhanj Mayurbhanj 156156 1316.351316.35 27472747 121121 3737 8484 4242 404404

2323 Nabarangpur Nabarangpur 4343 462.54462.54 642642 4141 1313 2828 66 100100

2424 NayagarhNayagarh 105105 798.51798.51 16701670 4848 2222 2626 3737 120120

2525 Nuapada Nuapada 144144 1280.461280.46 22942294 3030 2020 1010 129129 132132

2626 Puri Puri -- -- -- 44 44 -- -- --

2727 Rayagada Rayagada 102102 685.22685.22 12451245 3939 66 3333 6161 545545

2828 Sambalpur Sambalpur 105105 775.23775.23 12511251 8080 2727 5353 3737 500500

2929 Sonepur Sonepur 3232 457.90457.90 612612 2929 77 2222 99 5454

3030 Sundargarh Sundargarh 179179 2069.172069.17 32533253 5454 2020 3434 2828 244244

Grand TotalGrand Total 23442344 21406.4321406.43 3762537625 10851085 433433 652652 928928 52485248

DISTRICT-WISE STATUS OF CHECK DAMSDISTRICT-WISE STATUS OF CHECK DAMS

Check Dam in different stages

Benkera Check Dam, Bolangir Dist.

Benkera Check Dam in different stages

Benkera Check Dam, Bolangir Dist.

Check Dams closed by Sand Bags

Check Dam in Khurda District

Check Dams in

GUJARAT & MAHARASTRA

UKARDA CHECK DAM-I ACROSS RIVER AJI IN RAJKOT DISTRICT

UKARDA CHECK DAM-II ACROSS RIVER AJI IN RAJKOT DISTRICT

CAUSEWAY-CUM-CHECK DAM ACROSS RIVER HIRAN AT VILLAGE TALALA OF JUNAGARH DISTRICT.

SERIES OF CHECK DAMS ACROSS RIVER HIRAN OF JUNAGARH DISTRICT.

SERIES OF CHECK DAMSACROSS RIVER HIRAN OF JUNAGARH DISTRICT.

BIG CHECK DAM ACROSS RIVER BHADAR NEAR UPLETA IN RAJKOT DIST.

BIG CHECK DAM ACROSS RIVER BHADAR NEAR UPLETA IN RAJKOT DIST.

CKECK DAMS AT DIST-KOLHAPUR, MAHARASTRA

CKECK DAMS AT DIST-KOLHAPUR, MAHARASTRA

CKECK DAMS AT DIST-KOLHAPUR, MAHARASTRA

CKECK DAMS AT DIST-KOLHAPUR, MAHARASTRA

CKECK DAM CONSTRUCTED BY FARMERS

CKECK DAMS AT DIST-KOLHAPUR, MAHARASTRA

Modified Check Dams

(to Close the Vents Permanently

for a height of 0.6 m).

Check Dam at Haja, Khurda

Check Dam in Keonjhar District

Check Dam in Keonjhar District

Check Dam in Keonjhar District

Check Dam in Keonjhar District

Check Dam in Keonjhar District

Check Dam in Keonjhar District

Check Dam in Keonjhar District

Check Dam at Haja, Khurda

Check Dams

in

Hilly terrain/ KBK Areas

Dumda-ambaCheck Dam in Rayagada

Checkdam at Chitinala Jeeba in Operation (Gumma Block, Gajapati District)

SEMELPALLI CHECK DAM IN BOLANGIR DISTRICT

BHUTIARBAHAL CHECK DAM IN BOLANGIR BLOCK

KAKHAL CHECK DAM IN BOLANGIR BLOCK

JHANKARPALI CHECK DAM IN BOLANGIR BLOCK

Rinbachan- II CD at Bolangir Block

KAPANI CHECK DAM IN BELPADA BLOCK OF BOLANGIR DISTRICT

TALBAHALI CHECK DAM IN TITILAGARH BLOCK OF BOLANGIR DISTRICT

Benkera CD at Khaprakhol Block of Bolangir District

CHAULDIA CHECK DAM IN KHAPRAKHOL BLOCK OF BOLANGIR DISTRICT

TELENPALI CHECK DAM IN KHAPRAKHOL BLOCK OF BOLANGIR DISTRICT

Khomekotenala Check Dam in Nilagiri Block of Balasore District

JHITRITODA NALLA Block- Khariar, Dist- Nuapada

ROHINIPADAR NALLA-I Block- Khariar, Dist- Nuapada

Tumbarla Check Dam in Nabarangpur

Check dam on Baijhalnala, Debadala ( Gajapati District))

KALKALI NALLA-II Block- Boden, Dist- Nuapada

KALKALI NALLA-III Block- Boden, Dist- Nuapada

ALAT NALLA-I CHECK DAM IN BODEN BLOCK OF NUAPADA DISTRICT

CHECK DAM AT DHATIKA ACROS SANAMACHAKANDANA

NALLA IN KEONJHAR DISTRICT

CHECK DAM AT BAMPARACROSS ARADEI NALLA IN KEONJHAR DISTRICT

Photographs of Check Dams

in

Plain terrain.

BARUNEINALA CHECK DAM IN BALASORE DISTRICT

GANDIBEDNALA CHECK DAM IN BALASORE DISTRICT

HARISILA CHECK DAM-I IN BALASORE DISTRICT

DANDAKALI CHECK DAM-2 IN BALASORE DISTRICT

Badajorenalla Check Dam in Gondia Block of Dhenkanal District

Bhadalia Check Dam-II in Gondia Block of Dhenkanal District

Ghodadian Check Dam in Parjang Block of Dhenkanal District

Rangathalinala Check Dam in Parjang Block of Dhenkanal District

Biripadar Ckeck Dam in Bhanjanagar Block of Ganjam District

Gadagadianala Nimina Ckeck Dam in Polasara Block of Ganjam District

Gadagadianala Nimina Ckeck Dam-II in Polasara Block of Ganjam District

Gadagadianala Nimina Ckeck Dam-II in Polasara Block of Ganjam District

Pua- I CD at Tarva Block in Sonepur District

Pua-II CD at Tarva Block in Sonepur District

Convergence with PR• A joint workshop at District ( EE, MI as N.O)• Sharing of Design and Technical details• Listing of feasible sites( < 10 M for PR).

Applications recd can be distributed.• Exposure visit for concern block officials ( visit

to check dam sites).• Squads at district for quality checking.• Monitoring in Dist. Meetings.• Converging Agri and Horti activities/

demonstration• Model blocks.

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