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Karnataka has over 36,000 tanks which collectively
irrigate 690,000 ha of potential command area across the
state. Given the sizable time and resources needed to
promote community-based tank development, GoK decided to
focus on a subset of tank systems in the state. In the
first round of this process, high priority taluks were
selected based on socio-economic criteria including:
- High incidence of poverty;
- High female illiteracy;
- High SC/ST population;
- High non-working population;
and e) number of minor irrigation tanks.
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A second round of ‘narrowing down’ was undertaken to
reduce the spatial dispersion of the taluks to be in a
manageable number of districts (as district offices were
contemplated for implementation of the project). In
addition, priority in the second round was given to
areas with low rainfall where tanks were an important
part of the village economy. The 34 taluks selected by
this second-round process contained about 3,500 tanks
and are distributed over six agro-ecological zones in 9
districts (see Map of Karnataka). The selected project
districts overlap with the districts selected for the
Karnataka Watershed Development Project and the
Karnataka Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project (see
Figure A1-1), indicating possibilities for synergies
that have been explored as part of the preparation of
this project (see Annex 2, Attachment 3). Approximately
2,000 tank systems are proposed to be considered under
the current project. In the selection of individual
tanks, a bottom-up and demand- driven approach would be
followed to help ensure local ownership for tank
improvements and management. |
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Districts selected for the Community-based Tank
Management Project |
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