A Study of Small and Medium Irrigation Project in the Scheduled Area of Tapi Basin

Preface: In terms of the 5th scheduled area of the constitution, the states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan and Telangana are ranked. Maharashtra has a large number of scheduled areas. Scheduled tribes live in these Scheduled Areas Sahyadri Mountains, Satpuda Mountains, Nirmal mountain ranges on the Maharashtra plateau, Ajintha mountain ranges, Gavilgad mountain ranges, Sujangarh, Chiroli hills. Maharashtra State Tribal Development Department is working for the overall development of the Scheduled tribe. Development measures are planned in many areas under this department. The Maharashtra State Tribal Development Department through the Water Resources Department has provided irrigation facilities to the farmers by creating many medium and small irrigation dams for the tribal farmers in the scheduled areas. Irrigation Corporations like Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation, Tapi Irrigation Development Corporation, Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation, Krishna Irrigation Development Corporation, Godavari Irrigation Development Corporation are functioning in Maharashtra. A total of 68 small and medium irrigation dams have been constructed in the scheduled areas of Maharashtra through this Irrigation Development Corporation. The main occupation of the tribals of Maharashtra is agriculture and this agriculture is done by the scheduled tribe farmers in the traditional way. For this, many small and medium irrigation dams have been created in this scheduled area and irrigation facilities have been made available. Tapi river is the number one western channel river in North Maharashtra and is a very important river in the Scheduled Area and Tapi Irrigation Development Corporation has been established for the development of this region. Many small and medium irrigation projects have been constructed on the course of this river in the districts of Nandurbar, Jalgaon and Nashik. This has been studied in the said research paper.