On Farm Water Management Programme was initiated in Sindh with the assistance of USAID in 1977.

There are more than 42,314 water courses in the Province of Sindh out of which 7576 (18%) water courses have been improved upto 30th June 2003.

Original Project was approved by (World Bank Assistance) ECNEC on 22-09-1999.

Sindh Component cost of Rs.2662.00 million (2705 watercourses).

The World Bank desired to revise scope of the project in the light of ISEA study declared as mandatory on 11-07-2001.

The progress of project was discussed in EAD Islamabad on 17-10-2002. The main emphasis was to conduct ISEA study.

The World Bank under letter dated 15-09-2003 has sent draft Project Appraisal Document.

Farmers in the project area should better manage water and increase Agriculture productivity, supported by improved irrigation infrastructure and service delivery. This objective would be achieved by:

Improving the efficiency, reliability, and equity of irrigation water distribution;

Supporting Agriculture productivity enhancement measures to complement and enhance the benefits system of improved water management and

Enhancing long –term financial sustainability of the irrigation system by fostering self-sustaining farmer organizations at the watercourse and distributary canal levels, which is a key element of the decentralized and financially sustainable institutional apparatus, GOS Sindh is endeavoring to establish.