OTHER DEPARTMENTS

IRRIGATION AND POWER DEPARTMENT

Organisation.- The Irrigation and Power department in the district deals with major and medium irrigation works, minor irrigation works, water-supply and drainage works and flood control works.

The department at the Secretariat level is headed by the Secretary to the Government, Irrigation and Power department. He is assisted by Chief Engineer in charge of major and medium irrigation projects, water-supply and development schemes in the State, and the Director of Minor Irrigation in charge of minor irrigation projects in the State. The Superintending Engineers are responsible to the Chief Engineer and the Director of Minor Irrigation for the works in their respective spheres. The Superintending Engineer is placed in charge of a circle that normally consists of four to five divisions. A division comprising four to five sub-divisions is headed by an Executive Engineer. A sub-division is placed in charge of an Assistant or a Deputy Engineer. Each sub-division is further divided into sections each in charge of an overseer. The section is generally formed for the maintenance of about 5,000 acres of irrigated land or where the capital expenditure involved exceeds one or two lakhs of rupees.

The activities of the Irrigation and Power department have increased manifold due to the development works to be carried out during the Five Year Plans. To cope up with the increased work pertaining to preparation of plans and estimates of irrigation projects for administrative approval of the Government prior to the construction of the projects, a separate organisation has been created for survey and investigation of major and medium irrigation projects in the Third Five Year Plan and the future Five Year Plans.

Thus came into existence the Irrigation Projects Investigation Circle, Nagpur, for survey and investigation of major and medium irrigation projects of Vidarbha region (of which Buldhana district forms part) proposed in the third, fourth and fifth Five Year Plans according to the priority for survey fixed by the Government. The circle has been placed under the charge of Superintending Engineer and comprises three division's, viz., (1) Irrigation Investigation Division, Amravati, (2) Irrigation Projects Investigation Division, Nagpur and (3) Irrigation Projects Investigation Division (South) Nagpur with 20 sub-divisions thereunder.

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