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Sharda Sahayak Major Irrigation Project JI01838
| # | Attribute | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irrigation Project Name | Sharda Sahayak Major Irrigation Project |
| 2 | Irrigation Project Name Alias | |
| 3 | Purpose | Irrigation |
| 4 | Type | Major |
| 5 | Engineering Type | Diversion |
| 6 | Status | Completed |
| 7 | State | Uttar Pradesh |
| 8 | Districts Benefited | Bahraich,Kheri,Ambedkar Nagar,Azamgarh,Sitapur,Sant Ravi Das Nagar(bhadohi),Rae Bareli,Mau,Basti,Pratapgarh,Lucknow,Jaunpur,Ghazipur,Faizabad,Bara Banki,Allahabad,Varanasi,Sultanpur |
| 9 | Basin | Ganga |
| 10 | River | Sharda |
| 11 | Project Sharing | None |
| 12 | Intercountry | None |
| 13 | Interbasin | No |
| 14 | Work Started in 5 Year Plan | III-Plan |
| 15 | Completed in 5 Year Plan | IX-Plan |
| 16 | Project Approval Status | Planning Commission |
| 17 | Year of Approval by Planning Commission | 1968 |
| 18 | Approved Cost (Rs. in cr) | 199 |
| 19 | Actual Cost (Rs. in cr) | 1333.66 |
| 20 | Culturable Command Area (CCA) (th ha) | 1522 |
| 21 | Ultimate Irrigation Potential (UIP) (th ha) | 1750 |
| 22 | Potential Created (PC) (th ha) | 1509.8 |
| 23 | Project Covered under ERM Scheme | Yes |
| 24 | Project Covered under CADA Scheme | Yes |
| 25 | Project Covered under AIBP Scheme | Yes |
| 26 | Studies Conducted | |
| 27 | Project Covered under Tribal Sub-Plan | |
| 28 | Project Covered under Drought Prone Area Programme (DPAP) | |
| 29 | Remarks |
| # | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Girija Barrage | Barrage/ Weir/ Anicut (BWA) |
| 2 | Lower Sarda Barrage | Barrage/ Weir/ Anicut (BWA) |
Brief Description of the Project
Background
Sharda canal system is one of the biggest and oldest irrigation systems of Uttar Pradesh. It was constructed in the year 1928 to provide irrigation in 25.5 lac Hectare and to protect the area lying in Ganga-Ghaghra doab. The Sarda Main Canal takes off from river Sarda at Banbasa, district Champawat in Uttarakhand State. The project provides benefit to 15 districts namely Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Shahajahanpur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Barabanki, Pratapgarh, Sultanpur, Faizabad, Jaunpur, Azamgarh, Gazipur, Allahabad and Varanasi.
With the development in agricultural technology, cultivation started in more areas of the command resulting increase in the water consumption in upper reaches of the system and shortage of water in the districts at the tail ends. Therefore, Sarda Sahayak Project was started in 1974 to meet the water requirements of tail end districts of Raebareli, Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Jaunpur and Azamgarh and partly the districts Lakhimpur Khiri, Sitapur, Barabanki and Lucknow. The project was implemented to increase and extend irrigation in the lower reaches of Sharda canal system and to increase the irrigation supplies to command of Sharda feeder channel.
Project in Brief
The Sharda Sahayak project is designed to divert flood water of Ghagra River into Sharda river. The project has two barrages namely Girija (716 meter long) on Ghagra river near Kataniaghat and Lower sarda Barrage (408 meter long) on river Sharda. A 28.0 Km long Feeder Channel with a capacity of 480 cumecs link the two barrage. The major canals are Feeder Channel (Sarda Sahayak Canal Sytem), Dariyabad Branch,Barabanki Branch,Faizabad Branch,Tanda main canal & parallel canals Branch, Doharighat link System, Sultanpur Branch, Allahabad Branch( it include Marriyahun Br, Phoolpur Branch), Pratapgarh Branch System. Total length of these canals is 258.80 km. The CCA of the project is 1522 Th ha and Potential is 1750 Th ha.
