As majority of the villagers is traditionally agriculture based, having considerable land holdings and most of the cultivated area is mono-cropped, no doubt irrigation is the first requirement of the people. Apart from slightly bigger schemes like Nandini reservoir, the successful irrigation schemes in the district are individual wells and community managed micro lift irrigation schemes. The individual wells were constructed using funds like MWS, Meso etc. The community managed micro lift irrigation schemes were implemented using funds from BPDP (Bihar Plateau Development Project), MWS, Meso, JRY etc. Most of these successful schemes were implemented through techno-managerial assistance of Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), a national level NGO working in this district since 1992-93. It is also felt that, creation of more number of water bodies is necessary for the area through construction of water harvesting structures. This is because the average annual rainfall of the district is about 1200 mm but is erratic. Construction of the water harvesting structures will be helpful in utilizing the rainwater. At the same time there are many minor irrigation schemes were constructed 20-30 years back But due to lack of regular repair and maintenance over the years, almost all these have lost their created potential and are either non-functioning or functioning at reduced capacity. Their restoration will immediately help in improving Kharif irrigation and boost up Rabi irrigation. The department of minor irrigation has expertise in this. So two types of irrigation projects are proposed under RSVY:

(a)      Construction of water harvesting structures, implementing micro-lift irrigation schemes and renovating the existing minor irrigation schemes through Minor Irrigation Department,

(b)      Implementing Community Managed Micro Lift Irrigation Schemes with technical assistance of PRADAN.