Endangered Waters - Greenpeace
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<strong>Endangered</strong> <strong>Waters</strong><br />
<strong>Greenpeace</strong> India<br />
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“Backlog in the irrigation sector of Vidarbha<br />
increased from 38% in 1982, to an estimated<br />
77.6% in 2007.”<br />
accepted the report in principle, but directed<br />
a Reconstituted Indicators and Backlog<br />
Committee to incorporate the views of state<br />
departments. They eventually accepted the<br />
figures submitted by this committee in 2000.<br />
The share of backlog held by the irrigation<br />
sector had risen, to 52.96% of all backlog, or<br />
Rs. 7,418 crore in 1995 prices. The backlog<br />
for the irrigation sector was now greater<br />
than the backlog of all other eight sectors<br />
combined.The backlog in Vidarbha across<br />
all sectors had also risen to 47.60%, or Rs.<br />
6,624.02 crore.<br />
3) The Committee on Alternative Approaches<br />
to Balanced Regional Development, under<br />
Dr. V. M. Kelkar, was set up in 2010. Its<br />
assessment is currently underway.<br />
Data from the Dandekar committee and<br />
the Reconstituted Indicators and Backlog<br />
Committee, showing backlog per sector and<br />
per region, is presented in tables 4 and 5.<br />
Table 4: Sectoral backlog in Maharashtra from 1982-1994<br />
Sector Backlog in 1982 Backlog in 1994<br />
(Cr Rs) (%) (Cr Rs) (%)<br />
Irrigation 1,385.92 43.5 7,418.00 53.0<br />
All other sectors 1,800.86 56.5 6,588.77 47.0<br />
TOTAL 3,186.78 100 14,006.77 100.00<br />
Source: Removal of Regional Imbalance, Marathwada Statutory Development Board,<br />
http://msdb.gov.in/htmldocs/Removal_Reg_imbal.htm<br />
Table 5: Regional backlog in Maharashtra from 1982-1994<br />
Region Backlog in 1982 Backlog in 1994 b<br />
(Cr Rs) (%) (Cr Rs) (%)<br />
Rest of Maharashtra 1,189.38 a 37.3 3,378.20 23.6<br />
Marathwada 750.85 23.6 4,004.55 28.8<br />
Vidarbha 1,246.55 39.1 6,624.02 47.6<br />
TOTAL 3,186.78 100 14,006.77 100.00<br />
Source: Removal of regional imbalance, Marathwada Staturtory Development Board, Aurangabad http://msdb.gov.in/htmldocs/<br />
Removal_Reg_imbal.htm, Report of Fact Finding Committee on Vidarbha, Planning Commission, Government of India, 2006.<br />
a<br />
The Dandekar Committee in the 1980s assessed Greater Mumbai, Konkan and Western Maharashtra as separate regions; they<br />
have been added together here to make ‘Rest of Maharashtra’ for comparison with the backlog figures from the Reconstituted<br />
Indicators and Backlog Committee.<br />
b<br />
As submitted by the Reconstituted Indicators and Backlog Committee in Sept. 2000 and accepted by the government.
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