Author: Anil Rautray
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.RD-05-04
Year: 2005
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2005
Examination Committee: Jayant Kumar Routray (Chairperson); Gopal B. Thapa, Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Integrated watershed development program has been launched in different states of India over last two decades for managing natural resources to increase overall productivity and conserve for sustainable use to improve the socioeconomic development of the native population following the participatory planning principles. In recent years, watershed based development planning has been in practice taking watershed as a spatial planning unit with focus on natural resources such as land and soil, water, forest, agriculture, livestock, horticulture and other sectoral activities with linkages to rural poverty alleviation through employment and income generation. In general, the institutional framework is well structured for implementing different projects in the watershed involving line agencies, NGOs and local people as the beneficiary and active participants of development process. With this background, an attempt has been made in this research to study and analyze the development activities undertaken by the technical agencies in a micro-watershed and the I outcomes of the interventions. The Kuladera Nallah watershed, a tributary of Baitarani river system, located in Kendujhar district of Orissa State is selected for this study. The study area is geographically spread over two revenue villages (Jharbelda and Nelung) with scattered hamlets. The majority of population is scheduled tribe followed by scheduled caste and others, primarily engaged in agriculture and allied activities. The micro-watershed area is composed of hilly and undulating land, with 56% as agricultural land and 5% occupied by homesteads, roads and public places. A series of interventions were made since 1995 by the State Agency (Soil Conservation Department, Govt. of Orissa during 1995-1998), and Central Government Agency (Water Technology Center for Eastern Region during 1999-2002). The interventions were structural measures (gully control structures, water harvesting structures, check dams repair of existing bunds), measures for agricultural develo
Scholarship Donor(s): The Danish Agency for Development Assistance (DANIDA)
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science
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