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Socio-economic and Environmental Impact of Minor
Irrigation Command Area – Case Study
(A Literature Review)
Chintan Gajjar

Jignesh Joshi

PG Student, Civil Engineering Dept.,
Shantilal Shah Engineering College,
Bhavnagar, India.
gajjarchintan@yahoo.com

PG Student, Civil Engineering Dept.,
Shantilal Shah Engineering College,
Bhavnagar, India.
joshijignesh2010@gmail.com

Abstract— This is a review paper of N. Sahoo and D. Paramjita.
According to them, irrigation is needed not only to improve
production in normal years but also to protect agriculture during
drought years. So at present, the answer to mitigate the difficulty
is by constructing minor irrigation projects and utilizing ground
water. Simultaneously, its impact on environment has also been
outlined. Study of Suhagi Minor Irrigation Project demonstrates
the change in socio-economic pattern and brings out the
environmental pollution due to use of higher fertilizer, pesticides,
excessive use of water and continuous growing of paddy.

Keywords-Irrigation project, Agriculture,
Pesticides, Paddy, Deforestation, Drought year.
I.

Fertilizer,

II.

INTRODUCTION

The researchers were having study area or command area
of Suhagi Minor Irrigation Project for their research work,
which is located in Narsinghpur block of Athagarh subdivision in Cuttack district of Orissa state. The project is near
village Sisupathar at a distance of 5 km on forest road from
Jorumu situated on Narsinghpur-Kamaladihi Public Works
Department road. The watershed area (95 sq.km.) is covered
with dense forest. The command area of this project has
several features common to many similar areas of the states of
Orissa, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh etc. Some of the important
characteristics peculiar to backward states like this are;
(i)
Dependence of the population on traditional
agriculture practices and minor forest produces.
(ii)...