PROJECT NAME

CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENT USE OF WATER IN BARANI AREAS OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA

PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME

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LOCATION

The project will be implemented in all districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including merged districts of erstwhile FATA

SPONSORING AGENCY

Government of Pakistan through Ministry of National Food Security & Research (M/o NFS&R), Islamabad and respective Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Departments

EXECUTING AGENCY

Directorate General Soil & Water Conservation and Directorate of Agricultural Engineering Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through their district/sub-offices & farmers/SWCA and National Projects Coordinator (FPMU).

ORIGINAL COST

Rs 14,177.868 million

SCOPE

The long-term objectives of the project are as under:

  • To conserve land and water resources through various interventions for supplemental irrigation, livestock, farm forestry and fish farming
  • To increase cropping intensity and per unit of land and water productivity
  • To improve livelihood standards of poor farmers
  • To improve socio-economic stability

S.No Activity Unit Total
1 Construction of Water Ponds Nos 5,000
2 Development of Check Dams Nos 3,000
3 Construction of Water Reservoirs Nos 330
4 Stream-bank stabilization Nos 2,500
5 Gated field Inlet Outlet/Spillway Nos 1,000
6 Terracing Acres 370
7 Micro-Watershed Development Nos 70
8 Water Seepage harvesting Galleries Nos 370
9 Agronomic Low-Cost interventions Nos 800
10 Sand Dunes Stabilization Acres 230
11 Capacity Building Nos 500
12 Installation of Tube Wells (in progress) Nos 300
13 Solarization of Tube Wells(in Progress) Nos 700

S.No Activity Unit Total
1 Construction of Water Ponds Nos 413
2 Development of Check Dams Nos 230
3 Construction of Water Reservoirs Nos 21
4 Stream-bank stabilization Nos 272
5 Gated field Inlet Outlet/Spillway Nos 71
6 Terracing Acres 44
7 Micro-Watershed Development Nos 7
8 Water Seepage harvesting Galleries Nos 7
9 Agronomic Low-Cost interventions Nos 0
10 Sand Dunes Stabilization Acres 0
11 Capacity Building Nos 38
12 Installation of Tube Wells (in progress) Nos 19
13 Solarization of Tube Wells(in Progress) Nos 109

  • To induce aquifer/ground water recharge by pounding water in > 300 water storage reservoirs.
  • To convert 15,032 acres of culturable wastelands into productive agriculture lands through development of 70 micro-watersheds.
  • To reduce soil erosion by containing flash floods through provision of soil & water conservation structures and check gulley erosion by plugging gullies through 3,000 check dams.
  • Minimize the adverse effects of drought by maximizing the irrigation water supplies through exploitation of sub-surface water from tube wells.
  • Conversion of around 43,225 acres of rain fed land into irrigated land through installation of 300 agricultural tube wells and solarization of 700 existing/new tube wells.
  • To enhance the capacity of the stakeholders in water harvesting and for sustainable use of land and soil resources for increased agriculture production.
  • To improve the socio-economic status of the farmer community.
  • The instant project will likely generate 189,620 (Component A 164,620 + Component B 25,000) short term employment while 81,135 (Component A 59260 + Component B 21,875) permanent employment opportunities (direct/indirect) to help in poverty alleviation in the province.

PROJECT DETAILS

Date of approval with Forum
Original date Revised Date, if any All subsequent Revisions if any
29.08.2019 (ECNEC) N/A N/A
Financial Arrangement GoP Share

Prov. Govt. Share

Farmer’s Share

 5,090.431 million

6,765.536 million

2,321.901 million
Donor (if any)along with a share of foreign aid in the cost N/A
Actual Date of Commencement 01.10.2019
Completion Date (as per PC-I) 30.06.2024
Likely Completion Date 30.06.2024
Reason of Time and Cost Overrun N/A
Specific decision/ recommendation made during previous quarterly reviews of PSDP 2019-20
  • Monthly progress will be regularly updated in PMES of the M/o PD&SI by 25th of each month.
  • Baseline of each project (percentage progress physical and financial) will be indicated by 1st July, 2020 and quarterly targets will be indicated on PMES by each PD by 15th October, 2020.
PMES system updated on (please specify date) 14.01.2021
Financial progress
a) Expenditure up to June 2020 Rs. 160.829 million
b) %age Financial progress to-Date 7.0%
Physical completion (in %age terms) 8.1%
Allocation 2020-21 Rupee Foreign loan(if any)
500.00 million Nil
Releases 2020-21 Rupee Foreign Loan(if any)
268.00 million Nil
Expenditure/Utilization 2020-21 (July-Sept 2020) Rupee Foreign loan(if any)
193.803 million Nil
Bottlenecks/Issues impeding progress on the project (if any)
  • Delay in hiring of office building for FPMU project staff recruitment, because of procedural formalities and lock down due to COVID-19
  • Delay in procurements purchase of transport, office furniture, machinery/equipment due to COVID-19 and completion of procedural formalities
Latest implementation status of the decision/recommendation Complied with