Upper Sankh Medium Irrigation Project JI02370
| # | Attribute | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irrigation Project Name | Upper Sankh Medium Irrigation Project |
| 2 | Irrigation Project Name Alias | |
| 3 | Purpose | Irrigation |
| 4 | Type | Medium |
| 5 | Engineering Type | Storage |
| 6 | Status | Ongoing |
| 7 | State | Jharkhand |
| 8 | Districts Benefited | Gumla |
| 9 | Basin | Brahmani and Baitarni |
| 10 | River | Shankh |
| 11 | Project Sharing | None |
| 12 | Intercountry | None |
| 13 | Interbasin | No |
| 14 | Work Started in 5 Year Plan | VII-Plan |
| 15 | Completed in 5 Year Plan | |
| 16 | Project Approval Status | Planning Commission |
| 17 | Year of Approval by Planning Commission | 1981 |
| 18 | Approved Cost (Rs. in cr) | 9.19 |
| 19 | Actual Cost (Rs. in cr) | |
| 20 | Culturable Command Area (CCA) (th ha) | 7.05 |
| 21 | Ultimate Irrigation Potential (UIP) (th ha) | 7.05 |
| 22 | Potential Created (PC) (th ha) | |
| 23 | Project Covered under ERM Scheme | No |
| 24 | Project Covered under CADA Scheme | No |
| 25 | Project Covered under AIBP Scheme | Yes |
| 26 | Studies Conducted | |
| 27 | Project Covered under Tribal Sub-Plan | No |
| 28 | Project Covered under Drought Prone Area Programme (DPAP) | |
| 29 | Remarks |
| # | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Shankh Dam | Dam |
Project in Brief
The project is situated near Nawgain village of Dumri Block in Gumla District of Jharkhand State. The project envisages construction of an earthen dam of 1068 m long and 39.69 m high across the river Sankh, a tributary of South Koel river. A 120 m long ungated ogee crest chute spillway is located on the left side of the river to pass flood discharge of 884.76 cumecs. There are two main canals on either bank. The left bank canal is 14.04 km long having discharging capacity 3.48 cumecs and right bank main canal is 12.93 km long with discharging capacity of 2.75 cumecs. The canal system covers CCA of 7069 ha. The proposed annual irrigation is 4366 ha. in Kharif and 2703 ha. in Rabi. The project on completion will create ultimate irrigation potential of 7069 ha. The Planning Commission approved the project in the year 1987 for Rs. 9.19 crores. The latest approved estimated cost of project at 1998 price level is Rs.73.92 crores. The project is now getting fund under AIBP since 2004-05 and so far no irrigation potential is created.
