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Who we are

  • Our History

    The  State  Government  created  the Irrigation department  under the Flood control and Irrigation Ministry and all the works pertaining to Water Resources were executed by the F.C & Irrigation Department. The importance of irrigation was felt by the Government of Assam during seventies and separate Irrigation Department was created in the year 1974 bifurcating it from the erstwhile Department.

    Irrigation Department initiated its independent functioning in the year 1974. The Department is playing a vital role in the development of irrigation potential of Assam by harnessing the rich surface water and ground water resources of the state. The main service of the department is to supply water to the crop field as per demand of the cultivators and as per requirement with a view to delivering the service to the citizen/cultivators.

    What We Do

    Irrigation Department, Government of Assam is the custodian of all the Irrigation Schemes in the State of Assam. The Department executes the works, operate the schemes and also maintains them.Irrigation and water resources development provides the basic infrastructure for the growth of economy of the country and large investment has been made for the purpose in our country.

    The State's Ultimate Irrigation Potential is assessed at 27 Lakh Hectares out of which 10 Lakh Hectares is envisaged to be brought under irrigation through Major & Medium Irrigation Projects and 17 Lakh Hectares through Minor Irrigation Schemes.

    The major activities of the department are:

    • To increase Agricultural production of the State by ensuring timely and adequate irrigation to the fields to cultivate high yielding variety crops
    • To increase irrigation intensity by ensuring water throughout the year and thereby encouraging multiple cropping.
    • Utilization of irrigation potential by equitable distribution of water through command area development
    • Rendering assistance to form Water Users' Association
    • Providing scope for generation of hydro electric power by constructing mini hydel projects in the Irrigation canal.
    • Providing Low Intensity flood mitigation measures.
    • Collection of Service Charge from the beneficiaries.
    • Providing employment opportunity to citizen at various level as regular employee and/ on contractual basis and also through works executed by the contractors