1. Diversion Based Irrigation System
Lok Swarajya Sangh
Nalanda
DBI- Partners’ Meet
19 -20 March 2013
Konark

2. Expansion of Irrigation Facilities by Renovation of
Pyne
Project Location:
13 villages of Ben block of
Nalanda District, Bihar
Project Period :
Feb 2012 – Feb 2013
Command Area: 575 acres
Project Cost
JTT :Rs. 28. 37 lakhs
Local Contribution: Rs. 3.10 lakhs

3. Target Population
Total Population -10,953 (Female – 47%)
Total 1386 families
28%
34%
14%
24%
Caste Categorisation
SC
OBC
Backward
General
43%
20%
37%
Wage Labour Marginal farmers Others
Landholding Categorisation

4. Strategy/Approach
Farmers Club Mazdoor Shanghs
Capacity Building
KVSS
(CBO) Mazdoor FederationKisan Federation
Model Building
Developing Linkages
Advocacy

5. Model Development
• Revival of 5 kms of Pyne ; with 1601800cft of soil lifted
• 7810 No. of mandays of work created.
• Local contribution : 1635 mandays .
• 2175 kgs of rice collected for repair and maintenance.
• 5ooo plants planted along the
bunds

6. Model Development
• 575 acres of land cultivated paddy
• Rabi crops in 500 acres ready to harvest

7. CBO Development
• 13 Farmers Club;
284 mem bers; (36 female)
• 2 Mazdoor Shanghs
107 labours ; (66 M/41 F )
• KVSS (CBO) strengthened
(It’s reach now strengthened to 80
Villages)

8. Developing Linkages
• Linked with NABARD & banks.
Rs. 84,000.00 as grant to the farmers club
• KCC benefit to all land owners
• Linked with KVK
SRI system introduced in 23 acres
Soil testing conducted

9. Capacity building
• Management of farmers club
• Farm based Livelihood Opportunities
• Vermicomposting
• MNREGA & RTI
• PRI & resource mobilisation

10. Advocacy
• Padyatra :
MP, Nalanda, SDO, Minor Irrigation, Zila
Parishad & Panchayat Samiti members
285 KVSS members.
• 2 Gram Shabha held with full
participation

11. Challenges/ Opportunities
• Involvement of PRIs
• Village level micro plan development
• Crop Diversification
• Documentation and MIS
• Farm based Livelihood sytem

12. Thanks