IWMP-11 - Commissionerate of Rural Development Gujarat State ...

DWDU, Rajkot
Plans for Monitoring and Evaluation
Quality and Sustainability Issues
A Web-based CIS System is being developed for monitoring and evaluating the project in its planning & implementation
phases. The system would be available on a public domain and can be accessed by all the stakeholders of the project. The
system shows the entire state of Gujarat and all of those areas selected over the next 18 years. Filtering allows the user to
zoom onto one particular project. Details related to soil type, Land-use classification, inhabitation etc., can be obtained villagewise.
Furthermore, survey-number wise details related to ownership, irrigation source, yield etc., can also be accessed by the users
of the system. This system is being used for pooling up the details obtained from the DPR. In other words, the DPR is made available
online in the form of a database which will help the stakeholders know areas of importance viz., already treated areas/historical
works in the area, proposed areas for treatment etc., for further treatment and planning. The system would also show the satellite
imageries of various years from the project inception stage to the project closing stages. This allows the user to evaluate the
effectiveness of the treatment and thereby plan corrective measures for the project area. The system would serve as an aiding
tool to the planners and evaluators for judging the efficacy of the project.
Yet another component of the Web-based CIS system is the Mobile based Monitoring & Evaluation System, which will help
the ground staff alias WDTs (Watershed Development Team) to transmit information from the ground level to the central server.
Also, any higher-up official in charge of the project can obtain information regarding the project area on their mobile phone by
means of an SMS. The system works in the following manner. The WDT equipped with a GPS instrument marks the latitudelongitude
information of various treatment areas during the DPR. The probable sites are then transferred onto the central
server. During the works phase, any progress in the treatment area is reported to the server by means of an SMS by the WDT.
Similarly, any nodal officer or higher-up official can view the progress in a project by means of summarized reports generated
over frequent periods of time.
Detailed Project Report: IWMP-11 176