PVT SECTOR GROUND WA

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The overall objectives of the Punjab Private Sector Groundwater Development Project are to increase the scope and productivity of Punjab's irrigation and drainage subsector and increase farmers' incomes. The specific objectives are to: (a) redefine Government's role in groundwater development and provide assistance to facilitate change; (b) develop a monitoring program and regulatory framework to ensure sustainable use of the groundwater resources; (c) develop sustainable farmers' organizations; (d) increase beneficiaries' incomes and alleviate poverty; (e) rationalize public expenditure on operation and management of the irrigation and drainage systems as well as increase the recovery of public expenditures on irrigation infrastructure; and (f) avoid environmental hazard of saline water intrusion into fresh groundwater aquifers. The project covering a large part of fresh groundwater Salinity Control and Reclamation Project (SCARP) areas in Punjab will be implemented over a period of five years. The major components are: (a) disinvestment of SCARP tubewells; (b) development of a groundwater monitoring and regulatory framework; (c) improvement of irrigation conveyance facilities; (d) prevention of saline groundwater intrusion in fresh aquifers; (e) monitoring and evaluation of the project; and (f) project management, and technical assistance and training.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry,FY17 - Public Administration

World Bank Group

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Waste Processing and Treatment, Raw Materials, Government