India - Andhra Pradesh Irrigation Project - environmental assessment (Vol. 4 of 7)

DRAFT REPORT (For Offici Use Only) INDIA ANDHRA PRADESH IRRIGATION PROIECT III SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDY OF PROJECT AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS UNDER SRI RAMASAGAR PROJECT 6Ko-o EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Prepared for: IRRIGATION AND COMMAND AREA DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA APRADESH -HYDERABAD AGRICULTURAL FINANCE CORPORATION LIMITED (Wholly Owned by the Commercial Banks) HYDERABAD NOVEMBER, 1995  INDIA ANDHRA PRADESH IRRIGATION PROJECT - 111- SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDY OF PROJECT AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS UNDER SRI RAMASAGAR PROJECT VOLUME -1 STUDY REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3. INTRODUCTION 01. Irrigationi development has beein giveii higi priority by the State in tune witi tde natimial priorities and about 51 per cenit of the ultimate irrigation poteintial of 12.6 millioni ha was created till 1991. With a view to imiprove the utilisation of created potenitial, the State lias initiated several steps such as - imc hLl,iu *, (id',Conia3),;, Area I)vl D uvopniciii A iilioili y (WAD) A) fol It135i0)l irlip;Ai60 ll LI4 III) li Is itilitIL-r Nagaijuna Sagar Project (NSP), Sri kaIna Sagar P'roject (SRS'P) and 'I'u;iga-bhadra I'rojQcc 02. ' 1'hc K,tk' tiyai M idi1 (Canal, thIe 3alior ca;tal ti idej- SR SI) takikiag o1)1 roi 33 Sri Raa,,Kgi l)a Da. after traversinig about 146 kim out l:alls into tlie Lower Maziair Damil (LMID) a balancipllgrcservoir built across river Manair. For constructioni of the Kakatiya Maini Canal of SRSP and,also for constructiot of Sri Sailam Right Branch Canal .(SRBC) and development of their cojn'aiinds, Anidlira Pradesi Irrigation llProject -11 (APIP-II) was iniplenilented sinice June 1986 till 199i"w