IWMP 7 - Commissionerate of Rural Development Gujarat State ...

Detail Project Report IWMP 7
2.3.2 Programmes/project of DWDU Panchmahal
At present eight IWMP projects have been sanctioned by Government of India for Panchmahal district. The entry point activities of all the eight IWMP projects have
been identified by the respective PIAs in the district. Panchmahal Territorial Forestry Division as PIA for eight projects (IWMP 1 to 6, 10 and 11) and DWDU itself is
PIA for the three projects (IWMP 7 to 9).
Apart from IWMP projects, DWDU Panchmahal is involved in Pre-Hariyali and Hariyali projects (DPAP) and out of that all are still running in the district. The DWDU
Panchmahal is also monitoring a central government sponsored scheme on “Artificial Recharge of Groundwater through Dug well” in the district.
2.4 SWOT Analysis of the DWDU
Strength:
(1) Dedicated and experience staffs and multidisciplinary team
(2) Independent District Level Nodal Agency
(3) Strong linkages with national and state level institutions, agricultural universities and NGOs for capacity building and technical guidance
(4) Scientific planning in watershed projects with the help of BISAG, Gandhinagar
(5) District level monitoring coordination & cooperation Committee
Weakness:
(1) No permanent staff
(2) No permanent office building
Opportunities:
(1) A number of different other development schemes of the government are running; so, there can be horizontal integration and convergence of programme
(2) Better financial provision under IWMP
(3) Usage of new technologies of watershed modelling and GPS for monitoring the watershed activities
(4) Online IT connectivity for managing data cell for better transparency
Gujarat State watershed Management Agency