Andhra Pradesh

Organizer: Centre for Water and Land Resources (CWLR)

Venue: National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD)

Description:

This workshop is aimed at to explore the linkages between watershed development and poverty. Watershed is one of the strong interventions for reharnessing the natural resources which benefits the rural poor. Many projects of watershed are implemented by the different agencies. The impact on poverty is one of the issues in watershed programme which needs to be unraveled for further policy options.

This report by ICRISAT deals with a survey of thirty-two tanks and farm data from Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra states to assess the economic performance of irrigation tanks in semi arid tropics of India. It uses district-wise data on climatic and institutional variables to analyze the factors affecting tank-irrigation density. Results indicate that the spatial distribution of irrigation tanks is determined primarily by physical factors—hard rock substratum, post-monsoon rains, low moisture-holding capacity of soils and by population density.

This report under the WHiRL research project by the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) identifies the potential unintended impacts of water harvesting so that, if at all possible they are avoided altogether, but if these do occur, they are recognised at an early stage and steps are taken to mitigate their affects. It highlights evidence that is emerging about water harvesting in semi-arid areas, on how water if used inappropriately, can lead to inequitable access to water resources and, in the extreme, to unreliable drinking water supplies.

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• Postdoctoral Fellow Quantitative Groundwater Hydrology

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

This document describes the Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Regulatory Commission Act and includes:

• A short title and information on the extent and commencement
• Definition of the terms used in the Act
• Details of the Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Regulatory Commission
• Powers, functions and duties of the Commission
• Accounts, audit and reports

This document provides the details of the Andhra Pradesh infrastructure development enabling act, which extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh. It includes the following information:

• Short title, extent, application and commencement of the Act
• Definition of the terms in the Act
• Details of the establishment, conduct of business and employees of the infrastructure authority
• Infrastructure project delivery process
• Details of the generic risks disclosure and allocation, securitisation, right of lenders and facilities to be provided by the government agency or the local authority
• Establishment of the conciliation board
• Details of the conciliation proceedings
• Details of the establishment of the infrastructure projects fund