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This paper is based on the outcomes of a training workshop on modernization of irrigation management organized in 2007 for 25 participants with a focus on the Gandorinala and Bennithora projects. The study has several purposes: a) produce food for thought for decision-makers in Karnataka before engaging in investment plans, particularly on how to ensure that diagnosis and solutions are investigated properly in modernization projects; b)suggest some specific strategies to managers of the Gandorinala and Bennithora projects on how they should start the management and operation of these new irrigation systems introducing modern concepts and techniques ; c) lay the foundations of a progressive modernization plan, with some initial steps taken for the monitoring of the next Kharif season starting June 2007 and the objective to prepare by the end of December a PLAN for an effective Service Oriented Management in these two projects.
