Change in Ghod Dam water allocation and its impact on irrigation

Abstract:

Since the completion of the dam construction in 1965, the Water Resources Department has divided the water seasonally so that an area of 25,253 hectares will be irrigated. A total area of 10117 hectares has been decided to be irrigated for Kharif season with 2833 hectares of right canal and 7284 hectares of left canal. A total area of 6879 hectares under left canal and 2023 under right canal during rabbi season. A total of 1943 hectares of irrigated under left canal and 486 hectares under right canal have been fixed for perennial crops. An area of 5666 hectares was allocated water under this method for bi-seasonal crops but as it was not possible to distribute water by this method till 1985, a new cropping structure was fixed on 17 May 1985. According to this, 20500 hectares of water will be irrigated according to the season, so after 1985 it was decided to distribute water to 8400 hectares for Kharif season, 9000 hectares for Rabbi Season, 1200 hectares for summer crops, 1000 hectares for bi-seasonal crops, 400 hectares and 500 hectares for crops of longer duration besides season.