AP NTR Jala Siri Phase II Bore wells Project Guidelines and Selection Process as per GO 6 at www.ntrjalasiri.ap.gov.in

AP NTR Jala Siri Project Sanction Districts of East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam and SPSR Nellore. Objectives of the bore-well Project and Guidelines , Selection Process , Selection Committee Members, Rural Development – NTR Jala Siri Phase-II – Bore-wells Project for small and marginal farmers where additional ground-water recharge available in the Districts of East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam and SPSR Nellore in the State - Certain guidelines - issued.

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Andhra Pradesh Pachayat Raj & Rural Development (RD.II) Department G.O.Ms.No. 6 Dated:18.01.2016

Read the following:

• 1)G.O.Ms.No.108, P.R.& R.D. (RDII) Department , Dated:11.12.2015
• 2)From the Commissioner, PR&RD Lr.No.3392/NTRJS-Phase-II/ 2015, Dated: 28.12.2015. 

ORDER :
1.Government, vide the reference first read above, approved the NTR Jala Siri Phase-II bore-well Project for small and marginal farmers of the seven backward districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Vishakapatnam, Chittoor, Kurnool, YSR Kadapa and Anantapuramu in the State, and issued the guidelines duly adhering to the frame work of the Andhra Pradesh Water, Land and Trees Act, 2002.
2. In the reference second read above, the Commissionner, PR&RD, A.P., Hyderabad has submitted a proposal to extend the NTR Jala Siri Phase-II bore-well Project to the remaining Districts in the State of Andhra Pradesh i.e., East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam and SPSR Nellore.
3. Accordingly, Government after careful examination of the proposal, hereby approve and permit the Commissioner, PR&RD to extend the NTR Jala Siri Phase-II bore-well Project to the remaining Districts in the State of Andhra Pradesh i.e., East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam and SPSR Nellore with the following guidelines:
Guidelines :-

I The Mission:

Government have decided to go in for bore-wells in the six districts of the State (i.e., East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam and SPSR Nellore) by optimally utilizing the available ground-water resources and recharge levels.
An additional 73,740 bore-wells have been identified in command areas.

II. Objectives of the bore-well Project:

Conjunctive use of surface and ground water:
The programme essentially focuses on utilization of available water resources and to promote conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater. This ensures recharge of ground-water extracted from new bore-wells from surface water in the vicinity and also recharge from applied irrigation in command areas.

III. Optimal use of available Groundwater resources – improving the Primary sector GSDP:

(a) Optimal use of available ground-water resources by adopting additional recharge and high water use efficiency system like micro irrigation etc., helps improving the livelihoods of the farmers and there-by considerably scale up the primary sector GSDP. Based on the annual replenishment of ground water resource and present utilization levels, certain additional bore-wells have been found feasible in the State, especially in command areas. However, the basic norm of limiting the total utilization not exceeding 70% of the available ground-water resource in the area (Safe Areas) is kept in mind.
(b) Providing adequate water for the agriculture activities is one of the pre-requisites for achieving Double Digit Growth in primary sector / agriculture sector. The proposed new additional bore wells are expected to enhance / supplement the existing water supplies to the agriculture activity. Proposing minimum one recharge pit or water harvesting structure in the vicinity of the bore-well together with implementation of better management practices like MIP (drip and sprinkler) help maintain ground-water sustainability. Keeping in view all the above facts, it is proposed to take up selective bore- well programme for eligible and needy small and marginal farmers.
(c) The programme is planned to be in convergence with funds to be provided under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (APTRANSCO), and the State Government Fund.

IV Procedure :

(a) District Committee / State Committee – Summary

APPLICATION PROCESS :

(i) The eligible beneficiary shall submit filled-in application along with the following documents :
Copy of Pattedar pass book and Aadhar card for identification as he/she is a small and marginal farmer. Site feasibility certificate for drilling of bore well.
(ii) The Ground Water Department shall undertake ‘Site selection’ by conducting ground-water investigations (by utilising services of certified geologists/ geophysicists, field geologists of Rural Development Department, etc.) and issue feasibility certificate. During the ground-water survey, the Andhra Pradesh Water, Land and Trees Act,2002 (APWALTA) norms should be followed and the expected yield should be more than 4,500 liters per hour, for recommending a bore-well site. The farmer will be guided about the design and construction of well. During the survey, latitude / longitude should be collected along with the photograph of beneficiary/ beneficiaries in the selected site.
Note:- Separate sub-head for cost norms to be added.

(b) Scrutiny of application:

The Assistant Programme Officer / Engineering Consultant of the District Water Management Agency of the concerned Mandal Shall Scrutinize the application and certificates submitted by the beneficiary.
The eligible applications after scrutiny have to be submitted to the District Committee by M.P.D.O of the concerned Mandal for according sanction of the Scheme.

(c) Sanction of Scheme by the District Level Committee:-

The District level Committee will examine the recommendations received from the Mandal-level Committee and accord sanction of the Scheme to the eligible beneficiaries.

(d) Communication of approved Sanction:-

The District level Committee will send the approved sanction to the beneficiaries through Programme Officer/ Mandal Parishad Development Officer (MPDO) of the concerned Mandal.  

Description	Units & Cost Rs.	Command Area Rs.	Funds
1	2	3	5
Drilling of Bore Wells	Command area   200 Fts Non-Command Area 300 Fts (Rs.80/- per ft.)	16,000.00	MGNREGS
Casing	20 Mts. Rs.400/- per Mtr.	8,000.00
Recharge pits/  Small  Water  Harvesting  Structure	Unit	5,000.00
Energisation	1 unit TRANSCO subsidy	50,000.00	TRANSCO
Motor & Accessories	1 unit	40,000.00	Beneficiaries Contribution on Energisation and Motor cost : 5% (Rs.4,500/- to SC/ST & 20% (Rs.18,000/-) to others.
Total each Bore Well cost Rs.	1	1,19,000.00

(e)  Coverage and process details:

1. (i) Registered list of beneficiaries will be communicated to Ground Water Department (GWD) by the District Committee for site selection.
2. (ii) The GWD with the services of GWD Geologists, APSIDC geologists, Field geologists of Rural Development, Registered geologists and other geologists appointed on outsourcing basis for this work, shall take-up site selection.
3. (iii) The GWD will also impart need-based training to the above.
4. (iv) Selected sites will be communicated to District Committee for approval.
5. (v) Sanctioned farmers will take up drilling work of bore wells on their own as per the suggestion of the geologist.
6. (vi) Maximum depth is 200 feet in command area and Minimum bore well yield required is 4500 ltr., per hour.
7. (vii) After drilling of the bore-well, the details are to be documented in the form of bore-well completion report by the inspecting Officer.
8. (viii) The successful bore-well list will be communicated to APTRANSCO for energisation.
9. (ix) The farmer will purchase motor and accessories from the empanelled list of suppliers with ISI make.
10. (x) MIP/Horticulture Department will take up the drip and sprinkler arrangements.
11. (xi)Construction of recharge pit/Water Harvesting Structure is mandatory at existing bore well site as well as at new bore-well site.
12. (xii) Identified about 73,740 new bore wells/Tube wells/Filter points in the command area of 6 districts (East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam and SPSR Nellore) under this programme.
13. (xiii) Drilling cost of Rs.24,000/- in command area for a depth of 200 feet from MGNREGS will be paid to the beneficiary after drilling of the bore well over and above the cost if any will have to borne by the beneficiary. This cost is to be reviewed / confirmed by the District Committee with the local rates. If local rates are less, those rates will be applied. 
14. (xiv)APTRANSCO will subsidize up-to Rs.50,000/- for energisation. The cost over and above Rs.50,000/- will be borne by the beneficiary.
15. (xv)The Government will pay Rs.40,000/- including beneficiary contribution for purchase of motor and accessories. Amount over and above  Rs.40000/- towards the cost of the motor and accessories has to be borne by the farmer.
16. (xvi) Farmer contribution for SC and ST is 5% and for others is 20% (on the above two components, i.e., towards energisation and motor cost).
17. (xvii) Recharge pit is  mandatory at all the bore-well sites @ Rs.5,000/- from MGNREGS funds.
18. (xviii) Motor rates and bore drilling rates have to be fixed by the District Committee following due procedure as the above rates are only indicative in nature.

(f)   Eligibility Criteria :

• (i)  The small and marginal farmers (up-to 5 acres land) those who are having the lands in Command areas with the Groundwater potential and without any existing bore well irrigation are eligible.
• (ii) Only one source (Bore well/ Tube well/ Filter point well) is permitted in 5 acres area and the land shall be contiguous.
• (iii) The area shall be in safe category Groundwater basin with the utilization less than 70% of the annual replenish-able groundwater in the basin.
• (iv) Tail-end areas/ areas irrigated once in command areas shall be prioritized
• (v) After drilling, the bore-well should yield 4500 Litres per hour which is a successful bore-well for both command and non-command areas.
• (vi) SC and ST farmers are to be given priority in the programme.
• (vii) Eligible  beneficiaries list is to be approved in the ‘grama sabhas’ in the respective villages 

(g)  Drilling Bore-well:

(i) After receiving the sanction, the beneficiary will construct the Bore Well / Tube Well/ Filter Point-well at the recommended location duly informing to the concerned authority for inspection and yield test.

(ii) After drilling of the Bore-well, the beneficiary has to submit the Bore-well completion report to the PO / MPDO of respective Mandals with photograph.

(h)  Administrative Cost :

For effective implementation of this Project, the administrative cost of 5% of the Project cost shall be met from beneficiaries contribution, SDP, Government funds.

(i)   Funding at State Level:

(i) In convergence with MGNREGS funds and State Government funds.

(ii) Allocation of funds to the Districts for various activities involved in the Project with the approval of District Committee chaired by the District Collector.

(j)   Funds Flow in the Districts:-

(i)  After completion of drilling and submission of Well completion report for the successful bore-well, the competent authority will arrange the prescribed payment through eFMS towards drilling cost.

(ii) Up to Rs.50,000/- A.P. TRANSCO will subsidize and over and above the Rs 50,000/- the  beneficiary/ beneficiaries will have to  pay the balance amount to the A.P. TRANSCO.

(iii)   After release of power supply by TRANSCO.  the competent authority will arrange the prescribed payment through eFMS towards purchase of Submersible Pump and accessories of ISI make.

(k)  State level and District level Committees:

Government constitutes Committees at State level and District level to ensure effective implementation of the programme. The   role and responsibilities of the members of the two Committees are as under:

(l) Constitution of State Level Committee:

• Commissioner,PR & RD  :  Convener
• Joint Managing Director APSIDC : Member
• MD, A.P. Transco  :  Member
• E-in-C, Irrigation  :  Member
• Director, Ground Water Department  : Member
• CE, Rural Water Supply  : Member
• Commissioner, Agriculture  : Member
• Commissioner, Horticulture  : Member

(m) Role of the State Level Committee:

(i) Finalize the modalities of the Project and guide the District Level Committees from time to time in all aspects.

(ii) Review the physical and financial progress periodically and suggest suitable guidelines time to time for accelerating the Project.

(n)  Constitution of District level Committee:

• Collector & District Magistrate  : Chairman
• Project Director, DWMA  : Convenor
• Deputy Director, GWD  :  Member
• Executive Engineer, APSIDC  : Member
• DRO  : Member
• SE, Transco  : Member
• SE, Irrigation (Dist. Water Resources Officer) : Member
• Joint Director, Agriculture : Member
• Project Director, APMIP    : Member             

(o) Role of the District Level Committee:

1. (i)  District level Committee under the Chairmanship of the District Collector shall prepare Action Plan for implementation of the Project in the district and will be overall in-charge of the Scheme.
2. (ii) Co-ordinate and guide the Mandal Committees in implementation of the Project
3. (iii) Accord sanctions to the schemes prioritized to the large continuous blocks with eligible beneficiaries. (for reducing the energisation cost)
4. (iv) Review of the Physical and Financial progress in the District periodically and update the same to the State Level Committee.
5. (v) Resolve the bottle-necks, if any, arising in the District in implementation of the Project.
6. (vi)Constitute Mandal-level Committee for effective implementation of the project at gross-root level.

(p)  Well Completion Report:

District:                                                                            Mandal:

Village:                                                                 Date of Drilling:

1	Name of the beneficiary/ beneficiaries with father’s name
2	Survey No. and Extent acres
3	Latitude and Longitude
4	Type of Well (Bore well/ Tube well/ Filter point well)
5	Depth drilled in feets
6	Diameter of the well in mm.
7	Casing particulars in meters
8	Water struck at in meters
9	Well yield in liters per hour
10	Static water level next day of completion of drilling in meters below ground level
11	Distance from the nearest well in meters
12	Name of the agency, who has drilled the well
13	Drilled Agency Registration No.
14	Date of drilled
15	Whether the well is successful / failure ( If the well yield is more than 4500 lph, the well is treated as successful)
16	Distance from nearest LT ( electrical) line in meters
17	Remarks, if any

*Enclose photograph of the bore well with farmer

Signature/ LTI of the

beneficiary/ beneficiaries                Signature of Inspecting officers

                                                     with name and mobile number

V. Role of the Departments :

(a) Andhra Pradesh State Irrigation Development Corporation (APSIDC): 

(i)  Provide all required software for day to day activities/ payments etc., to develop accurate, speedy and transparent system of functioning.

(ii) Provide technical support in respect of energization of Bore Wells including the selection of submersible pumps.

(iii) Training and capacity Building to all stakeholders at different levels.

(iv) Monitoring and Evaluation of the Project.

(b)  Rural Development Department:

(i) Co-ordinate between the State Level, District Level and Mandal Level functionaries.

(ii)Conduct meetings with all the concerned Departments at different levels for proper implementation of the Project.

(iii)Convergence with all Funding Agencies.

(iv)Financial Management through “eFMS”.

(v) Providing required infrastructure/logistics/ financial support etc., to the line Departments involved in the Project.

(c) Ground Water Department:

(i) Provide list of Basins, Mandals, Villages falling in command area and Non-Command area in consultation with the Irrigation Department.

(ii)Arrange for conducting ground-water surveys for feasible site selection in the beneficiaries fields by utilising the services of field geologists of the GWD, RD Department and register geologists etc.,.

(iii)Director at State Level, and Dy. Directors at district level will facilitate the Project implementation.

(d)  Andhra Pradesh Transmission Corporation (APTRANSCO) :

(i) Provide Electricity to all successful bore-wells.

(ii) The SE, TRANSCO of respective districts will provide 100% energisation to  the successful bore-wells.

(e) Andhra Pradesh Micro Irrigation Project (APMIP) :

100% coverage of Micro Irrigation Systems (Drip and Sprinkler) as per field condition.

Component wise total project cost:

Sl. No.	District	Proposed Bore Wells in Command Area nos	Command Area - Drilling Cost - 200 Fts @Rs.80/- (Rs.16000/-) Casing 20 Mts (Rs.8000/-)  & Recharge Pit Rs.5000/-	Energisation (up to Rs.50000/- as subsidy to each) Rs. Lakhs	Motors Cost Rs. Lakhs	Total Project Cost Rs. Lakhs
1	East Godavari	10569	3065.01	5284.50	4227.6	12577.11
2	West Godavari	11913	3454.77	5956.50	4765.2	14176.47
3	Krishna	11742	3405.18	5871.00	4696.8	13972.98
4	Guntur	13386	3881.94	6693.00	5354.4	15929.34
5	Prakasam	10881	3155.49	5440.50	4352.4	12948.39
6	Nellore	15249	4422.21	7624.50	6099.6	18146.31
Total		73740	21384.60	36870.00	18412.88	87750.60

VI. IV.Source of Funding : (Rs. Crores)           

MGNREGS	213.85
AP TRANSCO	368.70
Government	184.13
Beneficiary Contribution	110.83
TOTAL	877.51

    

  4.The Commissioner,Panchayat Raj and Rural Development shall take necessary further action accordingly. 

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