Watershed Development in India : An Approach Evolving through Experience

This report analyses the experiences and lessons from three World Bank-Supported watershed development projects in the Indian states of Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.5 The primary reason for the analysis was to guide the development and execution of new watershed programs in India, including new Bank-supported state-level operations in Uttarakhand and Karnataka, and a proposed national project now under preparation. Accordingly, it was important to deepen the knowledge base about large-scale, community-led watershed development in order to share that knowledge with key stakeholders both inside and outside of the World Bank. Another important reason was the immediate and growing concern over water resources and their management in India and the question of how well watershed development programs internalize these concerns. A third impetus was the nexus between rural poverty and rainfed agriculture and the important role that watershed development programs are to fulfill in the development of sustainable rural livelihoods.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Symle, Jim, Lobo, Crispino, Milne, Grant, Williams, Melissa
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014-03
Subjects:	ACCESS TO RESOURCES, ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AQUIFER, AQUIFER MANAGEMENT, AQUIFERS, ARID ZONES, AVAILABILITY OF WATER, AVAILABLE WATER, BASINS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CATCHMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, CLIMATIC VARIABILITY, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, CONSENSUS BUILDING, CONSERVATION OF WATER, CUBIC METERS, DAMS, DECISION MAKING, DEMAND FOR WATER, DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DITCHES, DOMESTIC USE, DOMESTIC WATER, DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY, DRAINAGE, DRINKING WATER, DRINKING WATER SUPPLY, DROUGHT, EFFECTIVE DEMAND, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, EROSION, FINANCIAL VIABILITY, FLOOD PLAINS, FLOOD PREVENTION, FLOODING, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS, GRAVITY, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER BASINS, GROUNDWATER DEPLETION, GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT, GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, HOUSEHOLDS, HYDROLOGY, HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT, INDUSTRIAL USES, INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT COSTS, IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT, LAND OWNERSHIP, LAND USE, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LOCAL CAPACITY, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, LOCAL WATER, MAINTENANCE OF ASSETS, MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER, MANAGEMENT OF GROUNDWATER RESOURCES, MANAGEMENT OF WATER, MANAGING WATER RESOURCES, NATURAL RESOURCES, OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES, PIA, POOR WATER QUALITY, POTABLE WATER, POTABLE WATER SUPPLY, PRODUCTIVE USE OF WATER, PROGRAMS, RAINFALL, RAINWATER, RAINWATER HARVESTING, REMOTE SENSING, RIPARIAN, RIVER BASIN, RIVERS, RUNOFF, SCARCE WATER, SCARCE WATER RESOURCES, SILT, SOIL CONSERVATION, STREAMS, SURFACE DRAINAGE, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER BODIES, SURFACE WATER RESOURCES, SUSTAINABLE WATER, WATER ALLOCATION, WATER ALLOCATION ISSUES, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER BODIES, WATER CONSERVATION, WATER DEVELOPMENT, WATER HARVESTING, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER POLICIES, WATER QUALITY, WATER QUANTITY, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE ALLOCATION, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES PLANNING, WATER SECTOR, WATER SHORTAGES, WATER SUPPLIES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TABLE, WATER USE, WATER USERS, WATERSHED, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, WATERSHED PROJECTS, WATERSHEDS, WELLS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19516968/watershed-development-india-approach-evolving-through-experience https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18636
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