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MANU IRRIGATION PROJECT

LOCATION: The project area is located in the southern part of North-Eastern Region of Bangladesh and covers the Moulvibazar sadar and Rajnagar Upzila of Moulvibazar district. The area is bounded by the Kushyara River on the North; by the Monu river on the South and West and by the Vatera hills on the East.

AREA: The project area covers a gross area of 22,672 hectres with cultivable area of 19,278 hectres and an irrigable area of 12,146 hecteres.

BACKGROUND: The project area covers low lying Kawadighi haor and bounded by the Kushiyara River at the north, the flushy Monu river on the South and west and by the Vatera hills on the East. Flush flood of the Manu and Dhalai River due to severe rainfall in the Tripura hills of India inundated the area all on a sudden causing damage to the crops and Congestion of water in low lying area for longer period of the year was the barrier to production and cause of sufferings to the people of the project area. Paddy is the main crop and people could harvest the crop rarely and most of the years damaged by the flush flood. There is report of merely 485 hecters of cultivation with Jute and 267 hecteres with boro crops. There was no facilities of irrigation and no production of HYV. The production rate was very poor and only 0.456 mt per hectare. Most of the area was single cropped. Crop intensity was 126% and gross production was 26000 mt per year. People was left undone to the nature and so was their dream to survive and upliftment of living standard.

The project was conceived to address the problem safeguarding the crops from the flush flood and bringing the inundated area under cultivation through drainage following a feasibility level study in 1962 and the final report in 1972. The implementation of the project started on 1975-76 and completed on 1982-83.

OBJECTIVE AND TARGET: The Project has the main objective of fighting poverty and sufferings of people of the area. With these view, the project targeted to include flood control to 22,672 ha of land; irrigation facilities to 12,146 ha paving the way of boro cultivation and drainage facilities to bring additional area under cultivation and with multiple crops.

PROJECT BENEFITS :

(A) Irrigation Facilities : Since completion of the Project, 10,700 hec has been provided with the irrigation facilities. Moreover storage of water due to the Monu Barrage has extended upto 35 km along the Monu River, 25 km along the Dhalai

River and about 10 km along the Laghata sara which is being used for irrigation of additional 5000 ha of land by LLP.

(B) Flood Controll and Drainage : Flood protection to the targeted area of 22,672 hec has been achieved and drainage facilities upto desired level has been provided.

(C) Impacts of Production : Under pre-project condition the total production of crops was 26,000 MT

equivalents to Tk. 17 Crore and the production of Boro paddy at present stands at 52215 MT, the value of which is Tk. 65 crore. The value of the Aus, Aman, Boro and other crops of the project area stands Tk. 123 Crore. In pre-project condition the project area was food deficit but at present it has been turned into a food surplus area. The cropping intensity has been increased from its earlier 126% to 185% and the rate of production has increased from 0.54 MT per hectare to 4.50 MT per hectare.

Boro Crop Production Statistics of Manu River Project Period= 1990-91 to 2008-09, Season : Boro

Year Land Irrigated

Incremental Production (ton)

Value (Lac Taka) Comments

1999-00 8385 38571 4821.38 2000-01 8492 38214 4776.75 2001-02 8626 41405 5775.62 2002-03 8622 40955 5119.37 2003-04 8524 40063 5007.87 2004-05 8717 40550 5012.25 2005-06 8830 42472 5309.37 2006-07 8872 42576 5322.00 2007-08 10400 46800 5850.00 2008-09 10450 52215 6526.88

Value Calculated @ Tk 12500/ ton.

Average 8,992 42,382 5,352.15

(D) Fisheries Development: Local people take the initiative of fishery project in Kowadighi and Potasingra bill located within the project area. This brings a little fulfillment to a great extent of the local demand.

(E) Environment : With the practice of improved water management, a positive improvement on environmental impacts has taken place. Local people in the form of cooperative society make plantation about 80km in the sides of canal dyke.

(F) Income and Employment: The net incremental of 0.70 million man-days of labour employment facilities have been created each year as a result of increased cropping

intensity and production. With the introduction of improved agricultural practices, income and employment opportunity has also been increased to a great extent. Improvement of socio-economic condition of people, agriculture based small cottage industries, housing, markets, mills, business, communication, transportation, employment in NGO’s, bank, educational institutions etc. have also been developed.

ANNUAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE : Required annual operation and maintenance of the project is Tk. 121.50 Lakh only. The O&M work is being done under NDR budget and FFW Programme.

PROJECT BRIEF AT A GLANCE

01. Name of Project : Manu Irrigation Project. 02. Location : Moulvibazar Sadar & Rajnagar Upzila of

Moulvibazar District. 03. Objectives : Flood Control, Drainage and Irrigation, 04. Project Area : 22,672 ha. 05. Cultivable Land : Total 19,278 ha. Net 15,546 ha. 06. Land under irrigation

system : 11,578 ha.

07. Embankment : 59km. 08. Pumping Plant : 1 (One) No. 34 Cumec Capacity 09. Barrage : 1 (One) No. (86 m wide) 10. Irrigation Canal : 105 km 11. Drainage Sluice : 7 (Seven) Nos. 12. Drainage Siphon : 9 (Nine) Nos. 13. Other Structures : 309 Nos. 14. Cost : Tk. 66Crore 66 Lac. 15. Foreign Currency : Tk. 7 Crore 6 Lac 11 Thousand. 16. Loan form Kuwait : 23 Lac Kuwaiti Dinner. 17. Expenditure Per Acre : Tk. 8,100.00 18. Water users group

(WUG) : 88 Nos

19. Yearly O&M Cost : Tk. 121.50 Lac 20. Annual incremental

crop production : 52215 m.ton

21. Cropping Intensity : 185% 22. Irrigation in 2008-09 : 10,450 ha 23. Commencement of the

Project : 1975-76

24. Project Closing Year : 1982-83 25. Population : 7 Lac