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BACKGROUND
Department of wasteland development under the Ministry of Rural areas and Employment,
Government of India, sanctioned the Integrated Wasteland Development Project (DPAP) -
Phase I for Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh. The project encompassed treatment
of 46000 ha of cultivable land in 92 watersheds in 46 mandals of Mahabubnagar district. The
objectives of this project were: (1) To integrate land and water conservation and
management into the village micro-watershed plans; and (2) To enhance people’s
participation in the integrated watershed development program at all stages. This project
was sanctioned for implementation with a project budget outlay of Rs. 1840 lakhs (Table 1)
and to accomplish over a period of seven years from 1995-96 to 2002-03.
Table 1. Development activity component-wise approved allocations and expenditure in
the project.
Components of
developmental activities
District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) Mahabubnagar, now designated as District
Water Management Agency (DWMA) was assigned the responsibility of providing
infrastructure for implementation, management of the project through project implementing
agency and financial supervision of the project and received an amount of Rs.1840 lakhs
grant at 50% contribution each from GOI and government of AP. DRDA-Mahabubnagar
selected government and non-governmental agencies for project implementation during
1995-96 to 2000-2001. The details of 92 selected watersheds in respective mandals for
treatment is given in Table 2.
Details of project funding (Rs. in lakhs)
Total allocation Total expenditure Deviation
Community organizations 73.60 27.25 46.35
Training 110.4 42.32 68.08
Works 1479.21 1392.68 86.53
Administrative costs 184 326.65 -142.65
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