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IWRM Progress in Kerala’s Pamba Basin
Table 12
IWRM Roadmap for the Pamba River Basin
Next steps Milestones Indicators
June 2011
Form an operational body for water resources
management in the Pamba River Basin
Pamba River Authority operational - offices,
staff, work plans and budgets identified
Capacity building in IWRM December 2011 Capacity need assessment conducted, IWRM
training conducted at central and decentralised
level
Development of communication strategy
September
2011
Communication strategy formulated and
being implemented ensuring stakeholder
involvement
Enforcement of existing legal framework Immediately Identified priority issues addressed e.g. illegal
sand mining
Adjustment of existing legal water framework
for the Kerala state
January 2012 Enactment of primary water legislation
Full assessment of the water resources situation
(quantity and quality) in the Pamba Basin
Setting-up a sustainable monitoring and
evaluation system for water resources
management & establishment of an information
system on water resources
Initiation of elaboration and adoption of an IWRM
Action Plan for the Pamba Basin
Elaboration of DPRs (Detailed Project Reports)
for implementation of different actions identified
Elaboration of financing plan and investment
strategies
Implementation of the IWRM Action Plan for the
Pamba River Basin
Development of IWRM indicators to monitor the
effects from implementing the IWRM plan
March 2011
August 2011
August 2011
December
2012
December 2011
January 2012
– December
2015
June 2012
The quantity and quality of the resource
assessed based on data from the numerous
intuitions involved in monitoring
MIS operational - databases, GIS and modelling
tools
Collaboration with the World Bank supported
Hydrology II project for developing Hydrology
Information System (HIS)
IWRM action elaborated and endorsed by the
government
Detailed project reports prepared for the
actions identified in the IWRM plan
Financing strategies and development plans
adopted
Identified actions implemented.
Set of indicators developed to monitor that the
desired effect from the reform process is being
achieved. Regular evaluation reports.
9 IWRM Progress
in Kerala’s
Pamba Basin
9.1 Existing Situation
The transition process crystallised by an IWRM Roadmap for the Pamba River
indicates how to go from an IWRM Vision to an IWRM Action Plan in an orderly,
well-structured process. The Pilot Project applied a method developed by DHI
in collaboration with the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), the
10 Steps/Results of the IWRM planning process (Figure 10). This approach
clearly distinguishes the different stages the process is tied to and highlights the
responsibilities and external factors needed for support to the process.
The status of the IWRM progress in Kerala and the Pamba River Basin is reflected
in Table 13, with its 10 rows corresponding to the 10 steps/results referred to
above. The table represents a synthesis of where Kerala can be found in the
IWRM planning process for the Pamba River Basin. Moreover, the comments
indicate how the present Pilot Project has contributed in piloting IWRM in the
Pamba River Basin. The current Roadmap has been developed to serve as a
guiding document for the newly set-up Pamba River Basin Authority to direct its
planning according to actions identified by the stakeholders and proposed means
of implementation connected to specific timelines agreed during the workshops
held during this pilot project.
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