Government of Maharashtra
Drought Memorandum Drought Mitigation & Relief Measures
Relief and Rehabilitation Department Mantralaya, Mumbai
February 2013
Index Chapter No
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Contents
Page No
Drought in Maharashtra
1
1.1 Introduction
1
1.2Rainfall Position in the State
2
1.3 Water Storage in Irrigation Projects
4
1.4 Paisewari
5
1.5 Agriculture
6
Drought Mitigation and Relief Measures Undertaken by the State.
14
2.1 Supply of Drinking water through Tankers
14
2.2 Cattle Camps
16
2.3 Labour Attendance III
Request for Central Assistance for implementing Drought Mitigation and Relief Measures in Maharashtra
17
3.1 Agricultural Losses and Compensation
17
3.2 Water Resource Management
19
3.3 Cattle Camps
22
3.4 Summary of Demand
23
Chapter 1
Drought in Maharashtra
1.1 Introduction The drought situation in Maharashtra has continued to further deteriorate in 2013. Deficient rainfall in many parts of Maharashtra, especially in the Marathwada and parts of Western and Central Maharashtra for the last two successive years has severely affected agriculture in the region, which is the main source of livelihood and employment. Following the failure of monsoon in 2011, the Government of Maharashtra declared drought in 7753 villages in 15 districts of the State on October 15, 2011 and on 26 March 2012. The monsoon rains of 2012 too were inadequate. The first half of the monsoon 2012 received extremely low rainfall as compared to normal rainfall throughout the State. The months of August and September received comparatively better rainfall but it was not sufficient to average-out the deficit leading to further deterioration of the existing situation and thereby adversely impacting crop productivity, drinking water sources and fodder supply. The State Government was forced to declare drought in 7064 villages on 9 th Jan 2013 based on the final Kharif Paisewari. A memorandum was submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture in August 2012 following which a Central Team visited the drought-affected areas from
21st to 23rd
November 2012 for its assessment. On the eve of the visit of Central Team, the GOM submitted a revised memorandum. It provides information on all the critical variables such as the rainfall and its distribution within the region, cropping area, agricultural productivity, and the number of people affected by the drought etc. In the memorandum, the Government requested for a Central assistance of Rs. 3232 crs. Against this demand, the Government of India has approved an assistance of Rs. 778 crs. The State after the end of the monsoon season of 2012, in September, has not received any unseasonal rainfall or showers from a late retreating monsoon which are beneficial for the Rabbi crops. Based on the interim Rabbi Paisewari, it can be seen that the Rabbi Crop productivity has been adversely impacted by failure of retreating monsoon rainfall. Also the ground water levels in many parts of the State have gone down significantly. The storage levels of water in the reservoirs are at an all time low (especially Marathwada) in comparison with the levels of the last five years. The number of tankers supplying water to the affected
areas has been steadily increasing. The no. of cattle in the cattle camps and the no. of cattle camps themselves continue to grow.
All of these have been elaborated upon in the
subsequent chapters. In the view of the worsening situation in the State due to lack of water, it is felt that the assistance provided by the Centre on the basis of the initial memorandum is highly insufficient
in view of the severity of drought and the enormous expenditure that the
Government of Maharashtra has incurred on drought relief measures. The State Government is hence submitting a second memorandum to the Centre requesting for further financial assistance and has also requested the Centre to again send a team to study the drought situation in the State. 1.2 Rainfall position in the State As has been mentioned earlier, the rainfall position in the State was grossly inadequate in 2012. The following table depicts the rainfall position of the districts in the State for the entire monsoon season till 30th September 2012– Sr. no
Rainfall %
No of Districts
Name of the Districts
1
< 50%
1
Jalna
2
50-75%
10
Dhule , Jalgaon, Ahmadnagar Pune, Solapur, Sangali, Aurangabad, Beed, Osmanabad, Nanded
3
75-100%
15
Thane,Raigad,Sindhudurg,Nashik, Nandurbar, Satara, Kolhapur, Latur, Parbhani, Hingoli, Buldhana, Washim Yewatmal, Wardha, Gondia
7
Ratnagiri, , Akola, Amravati, Nagpur, , Bhandara, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli
4
100% and above
Table 1: District wise percentage of rainfall upto 30th September 2012.
The following chart shows the position of rainfall in the State in this monsoon. It can be seen that the rainfall was quite below normal in the indicated districts.
900.0 800.0 700.0 600.0 500.0 400.0 300.0 200.0 100.0 0.0
June To September 12 Actual Rain Fall
June to September normal average rainfall
Chart 1 : Chart showing rainfall position in affected districts for the monsoon of 2012 After the completion of the Monsoon season, the rainfall position in the State in many talukas remained grim. The rainfall remained from 25- 50% of normal in 50 Talukas and below 75% of normal in 136 Talukas. 102 Talukas received 75-100% of normal rainfall. In the following figure it can be seen that from each month from June to September 2012, the rainfall has been less than normal for all the 13 affected districts as shown in the chart below. The cumulative rainfall for 13 districts is about 65 percent of the total rainfall that these districts receive in a normal year. It has created conditions of a serious meteorological drought in the region, which is caused by 35 percent shortfall in the normal precipitation.
1091.79
1200 1000
828.69
800
548.95
600 400 200 0
218.26 100.92
June
717.98
544.15
332.86
June - July
June August
Normal Cumilative rainfall
June September Actual Cumilative rainfall
Chart 2: Chart showing normal and actual rainfall in 2012
It should be noted that after the end of September i.e following the end of the monsoon season for the State, there has been no precipitation in the State either unseasonal or from a retreating monsoon which would benefit the Rabbi Crop.
1.3 Water Storage in Irrigation Projects
Poor rainfall has affected the storage in all the irrigation projects in the droughtaffected region. The live storage in all the dams has been rapidly depleting in three division’s viz. Nashik, Pune and Aurangabad. The water storage in Jayakwadi, the biggest dam in Maharashtra, has absolutely no live storage. Not only has the low level of water storage reduced the water for irrigation and impacted the cultivation, it has a major impact on the availability of drinking water in these districts. As of date the total average storage level in all the Reserviors in Maharashtra is only 40% of total capacity and is expected to deteoririate in the coming months. The comparative water storage position for major, medium and minor irrigation projects for 2011, 2012 and 2013 is given in the charts below
80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
Chart 3 : A comparison of Division wise Water stock in reservoirs
Jan-13 Jan-12 Jan-11
1.4 Paisewari The government of Maharashtra had declared drought in, August 2012 in 123 Talukas, on the basis of less than 50% of average rainfall or less than 50 % of average sowing in these talukas. According to the final paisewari that has now been declared on the basis of kharif harvest, the total number of kharif villages where the final paisewari is less than 50 is 7896. Though the final paisewari for rabi crop is not available yet, the area under sowing and the crop conditions suggest that all the villages which are in the category of rabi villages are badly affected by drought. The provisional Rabbi paisewari declared on 21st January 2013 shows 3905 villages as having Paisewari below 50 paise. This number is likely to increase in the final paisewari figures.
District Nashik Dhule Jalgaon Ahmednagar Pune Satara Sangli Solapur Kolhapur Aurnagabad Jalna Parbhani Beed Osmanabad Buldhana Nagpur
Kharif Villages having less than 50% Paisewari 902 245 1179 580 179 424 249 0 7 1176 970 30 685 438 708 124 7896
Rabbi villages where Paisewari is expected to be less than 50% 0 0 0 886 187 93 104 961 0 591 457 0 369 257 0 0 3905
Total Table 2: Kharif and Rabbi Paisewari.
1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0
Kharif Villages having less than 50% Paisewari Rabbi villages where Paisewari is expected to be less than 50%
Chart 4 : Composition of Kharif and Rabbi villages in affected districts.
1.5 Agriculture Kharif Sowing and crop condition:Sowing of kharif crops & growth of sown kharif crops in Pune, Satara, Sangli & Ahmadnagar districts of Western Maharashtra and some parts of Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed & Osmanabad districts from Marathwada region was affected due to inadequate rainfall. 1) Normal area (including sugarcane area) : 139.42 lakh ha. 2) Normal area (excluding sugarcane area) : 132.34 lakh ha. 3) Sown area up to 1.10.12 (including sugarcane area) :143.22 lakh ha.(103 %). 4) Sown area up to 1.10.12 (excluding sugarcane area) :133.26 lakh ha.(101 %)
Crop / Crop Group wise Comparative statement of sowing for the Kharif 2012-13 Crop/Crop group
Normal area (0304 to 0708)
Area 10-11
11-12
Target 12-13 12-13 (Actual) 14.96 15.20 11.02 7.64 11.36 6.23 7.20 6.93 32.14 24.17 46.40 37.72 11.48 10.81 5.30 4.12 4.44 3.45 22.61 19.03 69.01 56.75
(Area in lakh ha.) % (+/-) of the sown area ( 12-13) to Normal 10- 11- Target 11 12 12-13 1 2 0 2 -47 -26 -13 -31 -56 -40 -26 -45 65 -5 0 -4 -24 -24 -4 -25 -24 -16 -9 -19 -2 -17 -11 -6 -34 -26 3 -22 -35 -28 3 -22 -22 -23 -7 -16 -24 -18 -8 -18
Rice 14.98 14.86 15.14 Kh. Jowar 14.54 10.32 8.82 Bajra 14.06 10.35 8.37 Maize 4.20 7.31 6.94 Coarse Cereals 31.67 31.71 25.12 Total Cereals 49.83 44.58 41.20 Tur 11.01 13.02 12.09 Mung 6.25 5.54 3.98 Udid 5.30 4.82 3.36 Total Pulses 24.36 24.67 20.31 Total Food 74.19 69.23 61.51 grain Groundnut 3.36 2.75 2.23 2.93 1.91 -43 -31 -15 -35 Soyabean 22.44 27.29 30.69 30.27 32.18 43 18 5 6 Total Oilseeds 28.59 31.70 34.11 35.40 35.06 23 11 3 -1 Cotton 29.56 39.42 41.26 33.73 41.45 40 5 0 23 Sugarcane 6.42 09.65 10.22 8.88 9.40 43 -3 -8 6 (Harvested) Total 132.34 140.35 136.8 138.1 133.26 1 -5 -3 -4 Kh. Crops 8 4 Table 3: Crop / Crop Group wise Comparative statement of sowing for the Kharif 2012-13
Area under kharif crops is decreased by 5 & 3 per cent compared to 2010-11 and 2011-12 respectively. During kharif 2012, area under Soyabean, is increased by 18 & 5 per cent compared to 2010-11 and 2011-12. Area under cereals and pulses is decreased as compared to normal, 2010-11, 2011-12 and targets of 2012-13 due to scanty and deficit rainfall in Western Maharashtra and parts of Marathwada region.
Production prospects of Kharif crops during 2012-13 The estimated production of Kharif crops 2012-13 as per Second advance estimates is as below Production (In lakh tonnes
% (+/-) production of 12-13 to
Crop /Crop Group
Normal 10-11 11-12 Target 2nd Adv. Normal 10-11 11-12 Target (03-04 to 12-13 Esti. 12-13 07-08) 12-13 Rice 25.73 26.25 27.50 27.04 29.93 16 14 9 11 Kh. Jowar 18.47 13.67 13.21 15.00 9.90 -46 -28 -25 -34 Bajra 10.28 11.23 8.37 10.41 3.81 -63 -66 -55 -63 Maize 9.20 22.02 19.97 19.28 15.83 72 -28 -21 -18 Total Cereals 65.44 74.68 70.70 73.25 60.95 -7 -18 -14 -17 Tur 8.07 9.76 8.51 10.87 7.71 -4 -21 -9 -29 Mung 2.82 3.72 2.42 3.32 1.95 -31 -48 -19 -41 Udid 2.59 3.29 2.98 2.83 1.86 -28 -43 -18 -34 Total Pulses 14.09 17.38 13.58 17.62 11.71 -17 -33 -14 -34 Total Food 79.53 92.06 84.28 90.87 72.66 -9 -21 -14 -20 grains Groundnut 3.23 3.46 2.65 3.10 2.15 -33 -38 -19 -31 Soybean 27.01 43.16 40.25 43.87 47.49 76 10 18 8 Total Oilseeds 31.26 47.28 43.38 47.86 49.96 60 6 15 4 Cotton 41.62 74.73 68.01 63.95 69.35 67 -7 2 8 Sugarcane 486.22 856.91 849.84 744.74 596.89 23 -30 -30 -20 (Production of Cotton in lakh bales of 170 Kg. each) Table 4: Production prospects of Kharif crops during 2012-13
As per the Second advance estimates it indicates that there is reduction in production of food grains, oilseeds (groundnut) & sugarcane as compared to 2010-11, 2011-12 and targets of 2012-13. It is mainly due to deficit rainfall during sowing period and vegetative growth stage of kharif crops in Pune, Satara, Sangli & Ahmadnagar districts of Western
Maharashtra and some parts of Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed & Osmanabad
districts of
Marathwada.
Productivity of Kharif crops during 2012-13 The estimated productivity of Kharif crops 2012-13 as per Second advance estimate is given below Productivity (In Kg/ha.) Crop / Crop Group
Normal (03-04 to 0708) 1718
1011
1112
Target 12-13
1766
1816
1807
2nd Adv. Esti. 12-13 1969
Kh. Jowar
1270
1325
1498
1361
Bajra
732
1086
1000
Maize
1006
3024
Total Cereals
1313
Tur
Rice
% (+/-) productivity of 12-13 to Norm 10-11 11- Target al 12 12-13
15
11
8
9
1295
2
-2
-14
-5
916
611
-17
-44
-39
-33
2878
2678
2283
4
-24
-21
-15
1676
1716
1579
1616
23
-4
-6
2
733
750
704
947
713
-3
-5
1
-25
Moong
451
672
609
626
474
5
-29
-22
-24
Udid
488
682
678
637
539
10
-21
-21
-15
Total Pulses
578
705
668
779
615
6
-13
-8
-21
Total Food
1072
1330
1370
1317
1280
19
-4
-7
-3
grains Groundnut
961
1255
1185
1058
1128
17
-10
-5
7
Soya bean
1204
1581
1312
1449
1476
23
-7
13
2
Total Oilseeds
1093
1491
1272
1352
1425
30
-4
12
5
Cotton (lint)
239
322
280
322
284
19
-12
1
-12
Sugarcane
76
89
83
84
64
-16
-28
-23
-24
(Productivity of sugarcane in tons/ha.) Table 5: Productivity of Kharif crops during 2012-13
As per the Second advance estimates the productivity of Kharif crops is affected due to deficit and scanty rainfall in Western Maharashtra, Major parts of Marathwada and some parts of Vidharba region of the State.
Rabi sowing and crop condition Jowar, Gram & Wheat are the major Rabi crops grown in the state. Prospects of these Rabi crops mainly depend on the rainfall received in the month of September & October and availability of water for irrigation. During this year due to deficit rainfall in Western Maharashtra and Marathwada throughout rainy season and also during September and October resulted in less availability of soil moisture and water for irrigation. This has reduced area under Rabi crops. Normal Area under Rabi is 58.60 lakh ha. While sowing completed only on 45.27 lakh ha.(77%) .
% Area Unsown
1%
Konkan Dn.
Nasik Dn.
Pune Dn.
Kolhapur Dn.
Aurangabad Dn.
Latur Dn.
Amravati Dn.
Nagpur Dn.
State Total
15%
5%
7%
14%
11% 22% 19%
6%
Chart 5 : % Area unsown under Rabbi Crops
In Rabi season, about 50% area is under Jowar and more than 85% Jowar area is rain fed. Due to deficit moisture and moisture stress in Western Maharashtra and Marathwada region area under Jowar crop has reduced and also the growth of crop has affected. The ear heads of Jowar crops remain small and in many areas there was no emergence of ear heads. This has forced farmers to harvest crops early than normal time required for maturity. As the crop withered and did not have satisfactory growth it resulted in low production of grain and fodder. This drought like situation during Rabi season has occurred in two consecutive years i.e. 2011-12 & 2012-13.
Crop wise Comparative statement of sowing for the 2012-13 (Area in lakh ha.) as on 28th January, 2013 Crop /Crop Group
Jowar Wheat Maize Total Cereals Gram Total Pulses Total Food grain Total Oil seeds Total Rabi
Normal area (0304 to 0708)
Area 10-11
11-12
Target 12-13
30.86 9.67 0.72 41.34
30.28 13.07 1.38 44.77
23.83 8.43 1.20 33.55
31.05 11.55 1.04 43.69
12-13 (Actual ) 22.75 5.85 1.27 30.10
10.61 11.92 53.26
14.38 15.71 60.48
10.51 11.55 45.10
13.20 14.44 58.13
5.35
3.62
2.22
58.60
64.10
47.31
% (+/-) of the sown area ( 12-13) to Norma 10- 11- Target l 11 12 12-13 -26 -40 76 -27
-25 -55 -8 -33
-5 -31 6 -10
-27 -49 22 -31
12.46 13.63 43.73
17 14 -18
-13 -13 -28
19 18 -3
-6 -6 -25
4.42
1.54
-71
-57
-31
-65
62.55
45.27
-23
-29
-4
-28
Table 6: Crop wise Comparative statement of sowing for the 2012-13
Area under Rabi crops is decreased by 23, 29, 4 & 28 per cent as compare to normal, 2010-11, 2011-12 and targets respectively, mainly due to deficit rainfall in Western Maharashtra, Marathwada and the poor availability of water in major irrigation dams. The major reduction is observed in area under Jowar, Wheat and Oil seeds.
Production prospects of Rabi crops during 2012-13 The estimated production of Rabi crops as per second advance estimates is given below Production (In lakh tonnes) % (+/-) production of 12-13 to Crop Group Normal 10-11 11-12 Target 2nd Adv. Normal 10-11 11-12 Target (03-04 to 12-13 Esti. 12-13 07-08) 12-13 Jowar 17.55 20.85 13.51 22.17 9.74 -44 -53 -28 -56 Wheat 14.67 23.01 13.13 20.32 8.09 -45 -65 -38 -60 Maize 1.49 3.62 2.70 1.94 2.55 30 -46 -28 -24 Total Cereals 33.75 47.50 29.38 45.07 19.76 -41 -58 -33 -56 Gram 7.27 13.00 8.15 12.30 9.50 31 -27 17 -23 Total Pulses 7.80 13.58 8.58 12.89 9.82 26 -28 14 -24 Total Food 41.55 61.08 37.96 57.96 29.58 -29 -52 -22 -49 grains Total Oilseeds 2.71 1.98 1.12 2.60 0.62 -77 -69 -45 -76
As per the second advance estimates it indicates that there is reduction in production of food grains & oilseeds as compared to Normal, 2010-11, 2011-12 and targets of 2012-13.
Productivity of Rabi crops during 2012-13 The estimated productivity of Rabi crops 2012-13 as per Second advance estimates is given below Productivity (In Kg/ha.) Crop / Crop Group
Rb.Jowar Wheat Maize Total Cereals Gram Total Pulses Total Food grains
Normal (03-04 to 0708) 569 1517 2077 816 685 655 780
% (+/-) productivity of 12-13 to Norm al
10-11
1112
Target 12-13
714 1759 2452
2nd Adv. Esti. 12-13 429 1465 1536
-25 -3 -26
-38 -17 -42
-24 -6 -32
-40 -17 -37
876
1032
667
-18
-37
-24
-35
904
775
932
779
14
-14
0
-16
864
743
893
739
13
-14
-1
-17
1010
842
997
689
-12
-32
-18
-31
1011
1112
Targe t 12-13
689 1761 2630
567 1558 2261
1061
Total Oilseeds
507
547
506
588
404
-20
-26
-20
-31
Table 7: Productivity of Rabi crops during 2012-13
As per the second advance estimates estimated productivity of Rabi crops is affected due to deficit and scanty rainfall in Western Maharashtra and parts of Marathwada region.
3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500
Total Rabbi Cereals 2010-11 Total Rabbi Cereals 2011-12 Total Rabbi Cereals 2012-13
0
Chart 6: Productivity of total Rabbi Cereals in last 3 years 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0
Total Rabbi Pulses 2010-11 Total Rabbi Pulses 2011-12 Total Rabbi Pulses 2012-13
Chart 7: Productivity of total Rabbi Pulses in last 3 years
1800 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Chart 8 : Productivity of total Rabbi Foodgrains in last 3 years
Chapter 2
Drought Mitigation and Relief Measures undertaken by the State.
In response to the serious drought situation that persists in the affected districts, the government has undertaken implementation of relief measures which include provision of relief employment, supply of drinking water and distribution of fodder in cattle camps. These measures have been continuing since the beginning of the financial year 2011. As the drought conditions have intensified, the scale on which these relief measures are organized has been increasing. Similarly, the expenditure on these measures has also correspondingly gone up. There was no rain received from the reatreating monsoons, nor were there unseasonal rains which has aggravated the situation further and the rainfall position has reamined grim in many areas, therefore these arrangements are perforce likely to be continued till the advent of the next monsoons i.e till June 2013
2.1 Supply of Drinking water through Tankers
As has been mentioned earlier, despite depleting water levels in reserviors as well as deficient rainfall in various parts of Maharashtra State, water has been made available to people for consumption through private and Government tankers. The present scenario of tankers operational in Maharshtra is alarming as compared to the position last year during the same period. The table below shows Division-wise position of drinking water being supplied through tankers
As on 04/2/2013 Sr No
As on 28/1/2012
Division 1 2 3 4 5 6
Village Hamlets Tankers Village Hamlets Tankers Konkan 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nashik 313 994 333 44 148 39 Pune 487 2774 630 104 627 126 Aurangabad 504 170 706 2 0 2 Amravati 52 0 61 0 0 0 Nagpur 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 1356 3938 1730 150 775 167 Table 8: Comparison of supply of water by tankers
The gravity of the situation can be summarised by the stupendous increase in the number of tankers that have been required to be deployed in this year as compared to the last two years. The following figure illustrates the point –
1800 1700 1600 1500 1400 1300 1200 1100 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0
1730
630
706
333 2
0
1
0
35
3
Jan/11 Nashik
93
151 2
61
0
Jan/12 Pune
Aurangabad
Jan/13 Amravati
Total
Chart 9 : Tankers Deployed in last 3 years It can be seen in the above figure that as compared to a total of 3 and 151 tankers deployed in Jan 2011 and Jan 2012 respectively, 1730 tankers have been deployed in Jan 2013 which clearly indicated the lack of drinking water in the affected areas. As the tankers have grown so has the expenditure on provision of this drinking water
2.2 Cattle Camps Due to inadequate rainfall in the consecutive years of 2011 and 2012, cattle camps have been continued till date and as on 5 th February 2013, 441 cattle camps are running where 339779 cattle are accommodated. The State has already incurred an expenditure of Rs 684.29 crs till date on cattle camps. This is inclusive of expenditure on fodder depots till 15 th August 2012. The state has authorized an expenditure of Rs 80 per big animal and an expenditure of Rs 40 for small animals accommodated in the camps, towards cost of fodder, transportation, water supply and other facilities such as medicines and vaccines at cattle camps. This is in excess of Rs 32 for big animals and Rs 16 for small animals fixed by the GoI for fodder. These rates stand revised as Rs 60 per big animal and Rs 30 per small animal with effect from 3 rd January 2013. The following table shows the details of cattle camps as on 5th February 2013.
Maharashtra Total
Cattle Camps 441
No of animals accommodated 339779
Expenditure (Rs in cr) 256.18
2.3 Labour Attendance At present, the attendance of labour on works has gone up to almost 2 lakhs. The increasing trend in labour attendance clearly shows the lack of agricultural employment in rural areas and an ever-increasing demand for employment. Every week there is an increase in the number of workers by thousands. It is expected to go further in the next three months. This can be seen in the following figure where the labour attendance shot up in the summer months too. This year the figures are bound to be much higher as the severity of scarcity is beginning to make its presence felt.
Chapter 3
Request for Central Assistance for implementing Drought Mitigation and Relief Measures in Maharashtra
3.1 Agricultural Losses and Compensation 3.1.1 Compensation to Horticultural crops Rabi 2012-13 During 2012-13,the state has received scanty and erratic rainfall in some of the districts & this has been continued since last two years. The ground water level has been depleted and it has adverse effect on horticultural crops and its production.
The state Government has declared scarcity in 3905 villages having below 50 paise anewari. The total horticulture area affected in these villages is approximately 139822 ha. The district wise details given below.
Sr No
Name of the districts
1
Pune
6
187
Affected Area under Horti. crops 4386
2
Satara
2
93
3635
3
Sangli
2
104
10314
4
Ahmednagar
14
886
21183
5
Aurangabad
9
591
11712
6
Jalna
8
457
27219
7
Beed
5
369
4336
8
Osmanabad
8
257
10557
9
Solapur
11
961
46480
65
3905
139822
G. Total
No of Tahasils
Scarcity affected Rabi villages
Table 9: Affected area under horticulture
As per Government of India’s guideline revision of items and norms of assistance vide dated 16th Jan. 2012, it is proposed to provide financial assistance to farmers @ 8000 per ha., accordingly Rs. 63.07 Crores will be required for 139822 ha.
3.1.2 Crop damage Assistance required for crop damage in districts where Paisewari declared is below 50 paise due to drought (as per Government Resolution dated 15 Jan 2012) is about Rs. 458.25 Crores. In addition to this, amount required for unsown area is Rs. 200.40 Crores. (A)
Assistance required from GOI for crop damages due to Drought Rabi 2012-13 (Amount Rs. in Lacs) Dist.
Irrigated
Irrigated
Rainfed
Rainfed
Total
area held by No. of other area held by No. of other Assistance small &
farmers
small &
marginal
marginal
farmers
farmers
farmers
(Rs. In Lakhs)
Ahemadnagar
5922
1596
9918
1338
18774
Pune
1404
504
1584
282
3774
Solapur
3240
1776
5166
1413
11595
Satara
192
36
420
36
684
Sangli
708
204
1686
243
2841
Aurangabad
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Jalna
1434
612
3000
639
5685
Beed
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Usmanabad
804
570
810
288
2472
Total
13704
5298
22584
4239
45825
Table 10: Affected area under horticulture
(B)
Assistance required from GOI for unsown area due to Drought in Rabi 2012-13 Type of farmer Marginal farmer @ Rs.3000/ha Small farmer @ Rs.3000/ha Other farmer @ Rs.3000/ha max 1 ha/farmer Total
Area (lakh ha)
No of farmer (lakh)
Amount (Rs in Lac)
1.60
3.28
4800.00
3.09
2.58
9270.00
7.33
1.99
5970.00
12.02
7.85
20040.00
Summary of Central Assistance Required for Drought mitigation : Rabi 2012-13 (Rs in Crores) Sr.No I
Scheme Horticulture
Total Requirements of funds
Compensation to Horticultural crops 2012-13 (@ Rs.
63.07
8000 per ha.) for 139822 ha. for 92837 farmers Sub Total - I II
63.07
Total Crop damages A) Crop damages
458.25
B) Unsown area
200.40
Sub Total II
658.65 Grand Total
721.72
Table 11: Summary of Central Assistance Required for Drought mitigation : Rabi 2012-13
3.2 Water Resource Management As a contingency management plan for tackling drinking water scarcity, the Collector is enpowered to prepare action plan under the provisions of Maharashtra Groundwater Act 1993 for carrying out Emergency Water Resource Management Mitigation and relief measures. Following elaborate measures are being undertaken. 3.2.1 Reimbursement of expenditure on Water Supply Measures. Almost 85% of the habitations in the State are dependent on ground water sources for drinking water supply. With inadequate precipitation in the months of June and July ground water has been depleted, leading to the deployment of tankers in in more than 9,200 habitations in the peak of scarcity (2nd week of June 2012). The relative intensity of deployment of tankers in 2012 and early 2013 as compared to previous difficult years has already been highlighted in the previous chapter. Nor has the retreating monsoon brought any relief in terms of recharging ground water.
3.2.1.1 Recharge measures - Rs.25 Cr. The measures aim at conserving maximum amount of water and thereby prolonging the reliability of drinking water source by a few more months. The measures chiefly comprise recharge shafts and circular trenches. The proposed works have been undertaken by GSDA
through Government GR dated 31st July 2012. Up till now technical approval is given for the 11,093 proposals. 924 have been completed and 1,944 are under progress. 3.2.1.2 Regional Pipe Water Supply Schemes - Rs.75 Cr. The parastatal agency, MJP (Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran, the equivalent of the Water Board) operates a few seasonal schemes during the dry summer months (March-June). This summer, more schemes had to be brought into operation in the scarcity affected districts. Some of the schemes were non-functional and had to be restored and repaired before being made operational. These will have to be operated until the next monsoons. Taking recourse to restoration and operation of the hitherto non-functional schemes has attenuated the need for tankers. At present, the Government of India regulations allow assistance to only deployment of tankers. The Government of Maharashtra has adopted a policy of discouraging supply of water through tankers and encouraging sustainable pipe water supply. In accordance with the approval of Government of India’s, Ministry of Water Supply & Sanitation Rs.15 Crs assistance was granted from the NRDWP funds, Maharahtra Jeevan Pradhikaran has been granted Rs. 365.71 lakhs by Government GR dated 17 th September,2012 for rejuvenating the schemes in the districts of Satara, Solapur and Nasik. Besides the mitigation plan, the State has prepared Scarcity Relief Plan that will be implemented with the view to support the mitigation measures where necessary. The Plan includes the following measures: deployment of tankers, temporary pipe water supply scheme (TPWS), special repairs to pipe water schemes, deepening and de-silting of wells, drilling of bore-wells, deployment of bullock carts. The total expenditure incurred on the above mentioned measures on scarcity incurred by the State upto 30th Nov 2012 is Rs 180 crs. Out of the total 293 crs released by Dec 2012, Rs 80 crs have been spent on tankers alone. The expected expenditure from Jan 2013 to March 2013 on the above mentioned measures will be 225.57 crs which includes cost of tankers to be Rs 84.75 crs. The expected cost of pending and likely electricity bills till May 2013 is 42.11 crs for the schemes made operational to provide drinking water. Thus the total cost of tackling scarcity in the State upto March 2013 will be 620.68 crs. The Government of India is requested to assist, in addition to deployment of tankers, the implementation of temporary piped water scheme, special repairs, and the drilling of
bore-wells. These measures have addressed the drinking water problem more specifically than the deployment of tankers, and have proved to be cost-effective.
The summary of assistance for water supply measures for both mitigation and relief required is given in the Table below:
Description
No. of habitations that would benefit
Assistance required (Rs.Cr)
MITIGATION MEASURES Regional PWS
Restoration of functional Regional PWS Repairs
1376
60* *as 15 crs are granted from NRDWP Funds by GOI
RELIEF MEASURES Scarcity relief
Exp incurred on Tankers, Special Repairs, Temp PWS, Bore-wells
Live Schemes – Pending Electricity Bill Amt.
123 talukas (anticipated)
From April 2012 to Nov 2012
293.00
Jan to March 2013
225.57
upto May 2013
Sangli, Satara Pune and Jalgaon
Total
3.3 Cattle Camps
42.11
620.68
Due to scanty and irregular pattern of rainfall in areas of Nashik, Pune and Aurangabad Divisions, there is a severe shortage of fodder for livestock. As these Divisions also have large no of farmers keeping livestock for dairy purposes, it is a matter of concern. The requirement of funds as per actual costs incurred by GOM on cattle camps including funds for transportation of fodder and water supply and medicinal facilities for livestock is as follows: Sr No
District
Cattle Camps
No of animals accommodated Large
1 Ahmednagar 2 Beed 3 Osmanabad 4 Pune 5 Satara 6 Sangli 7 Solapur Total
188 17 5 1 93 22 115 441
100473 29275 2479 532 73827 24612 108581 339779
Small 13282 3551 670 158 9917 4476 13308 45362
Total 113755 32826 3149 690 83744 29088 121889 385141
Expenditure (15th Aug date (Rs in crs) 84.52 9.85 1.30 2.68 33.81 29.18 91.85
* Projected Demand till June 2013 (Rs in Crs) 60.00 17.38 1.56 0.33 46.91 15.03 64.52
253.19
205.73
Table 12: Expenditure and projected demand on cattle camps
(* The projected demand is arrived at by taking the number of animals x Rs.40/20 = One day Expenditure x140. Rs. 40/20 includes cost of Water supply and Medicine at Rs. 8/- per day for large cattle and Rs.4/- per day for small cattle which is admissible and may be considered.) The above expenditure as on date is based on actual cost of providing fodder, water and veterinary services to cattle camps. Part of the year fodder depots were operational and the total cost of providing fodder was Rs 684.29 crs. Alongwith the projected demand for the next four & half months assuming that at least the same number of animals would be accommodated in the Cattle camps, it is estimated that an additional Rs. 205.73 crs would be required by the State for Cattle Camps on the basis of the NDRF rates. The restriction of 90 days as stipulated in the NDRF norms needs to be reconsidered and revised because Maharashtra is facing second successive year of drought and the state has had to fight fodder scarcity for more than 15 months continuously. The NDRF norms divide this expenditure into four sub categories like supply of fodder, medicine, water and transportation whereas on the ground it is very difficult to calculate such individual items of expenditure and hence amount is given on a lump sum basis to the institution/ agency that runs the cattle camp.
3.4 Summary of Demand
Summary of Central Assistance Required Sr No I
Item
Total Funds Required (Rs in Crores)
Agriculture 1 A .Compensation to Horticultural crops 2012-13 (@ Rs.
63.07
8000 per ha.) for 139822 ha. for 92837 farmers 1B. Total Crop damages
II
A) Crop damages
458.25
B) Unsown area
200.40 Sub Total I
721.72
Restoration of functional Regional PWS Repairs (M*)
60* *as 15 crs are
Water Supply Measures
granted from NRDWP Funds by GOI
IV
Exp incurred on Tankers, Special Repairs, Temp PWS, Borewells From April 2012 to Nov 2012
293.00
Jan to March 2013
225.57
Live Schemes – Pending Electricity Bill Amt.
42.11 Sub Total II
620.68
Expenditure incurred on Fodder Camps and projected expenditure till June 2013 Sub Total III
458.92
Grand Total (I+II+III)
1801.32
458.92
*- The (M) indicates mitigation measures. It is thus requested that Government of India may kindly provide financial assistance of approximately Rs. 1800 Crores for helping Maharashtra State to undertake drought mitigation and relief measures to provide relief to the distressed people in the State. ******
