{"id":7896,"date":"2024-11-07T20:58:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T15:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bpscexamprep.com\/?p=7896"},"modified":"2025-02-13T20:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T14:42:09","slug":"irrigation-in-bihar-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bpscexamprep.com\/hi\/irrigation-in-bihar-4\/","title":{"rendered":"\u092c\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0930 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938\u093f\u0902\u091a\u093e\u0908"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7896\" class=\"elementor elementor-7896\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce838a5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ce838a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9065a2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9065a2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u25a0 In Bihar, the total water area stands at <strong>3.52 lakh hectares<\/strong>, accounting for 3.8% of the total\u00a0geographical area.\u00a0Bihar is endowed with substantial ground and surface water resources. The river Ganga and its tributaries provide water resources to the state, for both agricultural and non-agricultural uses.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On average, the state receives annual rainfall amounting to\u00a0<strong>1000 MMS<\/strong>, the bulk of which comes from the<strong>\u00a0southwest monsoon<\/strong>.\u00a0This is not adequate to water the entire farming\u00a0activities in the state.\u00a0Therefore, a well-planned irrigation system is needed to assist in stabilizing production, improving\u00a0yield and\u00a0cropping intensities.\u00a0<\/p><h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/h4><h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gross Irrigated Area (GIA):<\/h3><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gross Irrigated Area (GIA) is the total area under crops, irrigated\u00a0<strong><em>either once or more than once<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>in a year. For areas irrigated more than once, they are counted as many times as they are irrigated.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<strong>Gross Irrigated Area (GIA)<\/strong>\u00a0has increased from 54.14 lakh hectares in 2017-18 to <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>55.98 lakh hectares<\/strong><\/span> in 2021-22.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0GIA was the highest in\u00a0<strong>Rohtas<\/strong>\u00a0(4.32 lakh hectares), while the lowest was in\u00a0<strong>Sheohar<\/strong>\u00a0(0.25 lakh hectares).\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Net Irrigated Area was also highest in <strong>Rohtas<\/strong> (2.27 lakh hectares) followed by Aurangabad and West Champaran. The Net Irrigated Area is the area irrigated through any source<em><strong> once<\/strong> <\/em>in a year for a particular crop.<\/p><h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Source-wise Gross Irrigated area in Bihar (2021-22)<\/strong><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf98bb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"bf98bb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstatic.com\/charts\/loader.js\"><\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n  google.charts.load(\"current\", {packages:[\"corechart\"]});\r\n  google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(drawChart);\r\n\r\n  \/\/ Redraw the chart when the window is resized\r\n  window.onresize = function() {\r\n    drawChart();\r\n  };\r\n\r\n  function drawChart() {\r\n    var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable([\r\n      ['Irrigation Sources', 'Area (thousand hectares)'],\r\n      ['Tubewells\/ Wells',     3531.38],\r\n      ['Canals', 1735.78],\r\n      ['Tank',  121.17],\r\n      ['Other Sources',    209.18]\r\n      ]);\r\n\r\n    var formatter = new google.visualization.NumberFormat({\r\n      suffix: 'k hectares',\r\n      fractionDigits: 2\r\n    });\r\n\r\n    \/\/ Apply formatter to the second column (Area)\r\n    formatter.format(data, 1); \r\n\r\n    var options = {\r\n      title: 'Source-wise Gross Irrigated Area in Bihar',\r\n      titleTextStyle: {\r\n        fontSize: 16,\r\n        bold: true, underline: true,\r\n      },\r\n      is3D: true,\r\n      slices: {\r\n        0: { color: 'blue' }  \/\/ Setting the first slice to blue\r\n      },\r\n      chartArea: {\r\n        width: '90%',   \/\/ Adjust chart area width\r\n        height: '80%'   \/\/ Adjust chart area height\r\n      },\r\n      legend: {\r\n        position: 'right',\r\n        textStyle: {\r\n          fontSize: (window.innerWidth < 768) ? 10 : 12   \/\/ Reduce font size on smaller screens\r\n        }\r\n      }\r\n    };\r\n\r\n    var chart = new google.visualization.PieChart(document.getElementById('piechart_3d'));\r\n    chart.draw(data, options);\r\n  }\r\n<\/script>\r\n\r\n<body>\r\n  <div id=\"piechart_3d\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 500px; position: relative;\"><\/div>\r\n  \r\n<\/body>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-011e56d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"011e56d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tubewells<\/strong><\/h5><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tubewells\u00a0are the\u00a0largest\u00a0source of irrigation in Bihar, contributing to about\u00a0<strong>63.1%<\/strong>\u00a0of the total gross irrigated area in the state. Tubewells along with other wells constitute an area of\u00a0<strong>35.3 lakh hectares<\/strong>\u00a0in the state.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The district of\u00a0<strong>Samastipur<\/strong>\u00a0(2.48 lakh hectares) had extensive irrigation from tubewells and other wells, followed by Sitamarhi (1.92 lakh hectares) and Nalanda (1.89 lakh hectares).<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Canals<\/strong><\/h5><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canal irrigation, constituted\u00a0<strong>31%<\/strong>\u00a0of GIA at\u00a0<strong>16.6 lakh ha<\/strong>. The area under canal irrigation has significantly increased during the last ten years.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Rohtas<\/strong>\u00a0district had the highest share in area under canal irrigation at\u00a0<strong>3.19 lakh hectares<\/strong>, followed by West Champaran (1.82 lakh hectares) and Aurangabad (1.64 lakh hectares), together accounting for nearly 38 percent of the total canal irrigation in the state.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Tanks<\/strong><\/h5><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tank irrigation, constituted\u00a0<strong>2.2%<\/strong>\u00a0of GIA at\u00a0<strong>1.2 lakh ha<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Darbhanga<\/strong>\u00a0district had the\u00a0highest share in the area under tank irrigation at\u00a0<strong>0.4 lakh ha<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Therefore, tubewells and canals provide bulk of the irrigated water for agricultural activities in the state.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e9891f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1e9891f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba8812c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba8812c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Irrigation potential<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The irrigation schemes in Bihar can be broadly divided into\u00a0<strong>major, medium, and minor irrigation schemes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n \t<li>The\u00a0<strong>ultimate irrigation potential<\/strong>in Bihar stood at\u00a0<strong>117.54 lakh hectares<\/strong>.<\/li>\n \t<li>In 2022-23, the irrigation potential created by major and medium irrigation projects stood at 37.38 lakh hectares.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7899 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bpscexamprep.com\/media\/2024\/11\/Irrigation-Potential.jpg\" alt=\"Irrigation Potential in Bihar\" width=\"611\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bpscexamprep.com\/media\/2024\/11\/Irrigation-Potential.jpg 611w, https:\/\/bpscexamprep.com\/media\/2024\/11\/Irrigation-Potential-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bpscexamprep.com\/media\/2024\/11\/Irrigation-Potential-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/bpscexamprep.com\/media\/2024\/11\/Irrigation-Potential-600x389.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/p>\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Government Initiatives:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Department of Water Resources aims to enhance the agricultural sector through sustainable water management by modernizing irrigation, promoting water-efficient practices, and reducing groundwater depletion. The following are the key initiatives taken for the development and management of water resources and irrigation systems in the state:<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Increasing Irrigation Potential<\/strong>: The Department is focusing on major and medium irrigation projects, reaching 37.38 lakh hectares of potential by March 2023, with an emphasis on medium projects for faster farmer benefits.<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Har Khet Tak Sinchai Ka Paani<\/strong>: This Saat Nishchay-2 initiative extends irrigation to all villages via canal and check dam construction, along with farmer training. A budget of \u20b9200 crore for 2023-24 has supported ongoing projects.<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Western Kosi Canal Scheme<\/strong>: This cross-border project between India and Nepal is expected to create irrigation for 2,65,265 hectares in Bihar by June 2024, at a cost of \u20b9803 crore.<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Information Cell<\/strong>: A toll-free number and social media channels allow citizens to report embankment issues to prevent floods.<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Physical Modelling Centre<\/strong>: A \u20b9108.93 crore Physical Modelling Centre at Centre of Excellence in <strong>Supaul<\/strong> district is underway, aiming to advance research in water management. This will enhance regional water science capabilities, second only to Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune.<\/li>\n<\/ol><style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"print\">\nbody {display:none;visibility:hidden;}\n<\/style>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u25a0 In Bihar, the total water area stands at 3.52 lakh hectares, accounting for 3.8% of the total\u00a0geographical area.\u00a0Bihar is endowed with substantial ground and surface water resources. The river Ganga and its tributaries provide water resources to the state, for both agricultural and non-agricultural uses. On average, the state receives annual rainfall amounting to\u00a01000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[84,87],"syllabus":[121,120],"class_list":["post-7896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geography","tag-geography","tag-new","syllabus-geography-of-india","syllabus-indian-economy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpscexamprep.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpscexamprep.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpscexamprep.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bpscexamprep.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bpscexamprep.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bpscexamprep.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7896\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpscexamprep.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bpscexamprep.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bpscexamprep.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7896"},{"taxonomy":"syllabus","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bpscexamprep.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syllabus?post=7896"}],"curies":[{"name":"\u0921\u092c\u094d\u0932\u094d\u092f\u0942\u092a\u0940","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}