Q.

As an engineering graduate, you are going to

submit a proposal of “irrigation project of your local
VDC/town”. Write a propsal to the concerned local
authority including only introduction, work schedule and
methodology.
Presenters:
-Sushil Shahi
-Suyog Subedi
-Suren Tamang
 A
PROPOSAL
ON
SUNSARI-MORANG
IRRIGATION PROJECT

 
 
Submitted to:
Department of Irrigation
Morang, Nepal
x Submitted by:
Sushil Shahi
Suyog Subedi
Suren Tamang
Chief Engineers
Lumbini Construction Company
 
September ,2020
 INTRODUCTION
The availability of water and its management are very important to increase agriculture
productivity, cropping intensity, and livelihood enhancement of farmers. The paper presents the
results of efforts to improve agriculture productivity and livelihoods among farmers in Morang
district of Nepal and concomitant efforts to improve the management of irrigation systems
there. The study covers two Village Development Committee (VDC) areas: Jhorahat, irrigated by
the agency-managed Sunsari-Morang Irrigation Project (Harinagara section S14F); and Indrapur,
served by the farmer-managed Kisti Khola irrigation project with a command area of 235 ha.
These are referred to, respectively, as SMIP (for state-managed irrigation project) and FMIP
(for farmer-managed project). Water availability and its distribution were found be better in
Indrapur FMIP than in the SMIP command areas. Kisti Khola water users association was
rationing its water during the spring season for rice cultivation only. The rest of the time,
members have sufficient water for their vegetable, wheat and rainy- season rice crops. Better
water availability improves cropping intensity, crop productivity, and income in Indrapur. The
cropping intensity of the Kisti Khola irrigation command area was about 300 percent, indicating
three crops per year, whereas in the SMIP, it was less than 200 percent. Most of the farmers in
Kisti Khola irrigation command area know about water availability to irrigate their crop. That
information is very important for planning their cropping calendar, selection of appropriate crop,
adoption of new technology, efficient use of inputs, and getting more profit. A majority of SMIP
farmers didn't get appropriate information about water availability for irrigating their crops.
This made their situation more vulnerable and affected willingness and ability to carry out
improved cultivation practices. The Government has been investing millions of rupees to
construct and maintain big irrigation systems, but their output is far behind that of farmer-
managed small and medium-sized irrigation projects. Detailed discussions of those two types of
irrigation management systems and of their effect on agricultural productivity will be presented
in this paper.
 WORK SCHEDULE
SN ACTIVITY DATE

1 Literature review September 2020- December 2020

2 Detailed Engineering Survey January 2021- June 2021

3 Construction of Structures July 2021- July 2022

4 Testing and data collection August 2022- December2022

5 Finishing works January 2023- June 2023

6 Report writing July 2023- November 2023

 Methodology
The irrigation project should be done without harming any environmental and
social aspects. It should be completed identifying the needs of the local
farmers and their demands. The necessary details can be collected from
following methods:
1. Primary method:
Visting at “Belbari”, 60 local farmers are interviewed in
order to know about the available water resource. Three engineers surveyed
the region to find out the geographical features and to know about the
possible area to construct different structures.With the help of
geologists,possible landslide occurring area are known. During the site
visit,availability of rock and sand are known which may be useful during
contruction and local people are informed about the construction
 2. Secondary Method:
In order to study the hydrological features of the
area, detailed study of water availability,flood level,collection of
historical data and meterological data through the different research
articles and online source is done and population of the region is found
out through different census reports. Different sources of water is
identified and possible risks are estimated.