Study and survey was conducted to examine the impact of group irrigation in haor areas of Bangladesh. Five villages Rampur, Gajaria, Sharifpur, Alipur, Rajapur of Pagnar haor in Fenarbak union of Sunamganj district was selected for the study. People were interviewed who involved in Water User Association that is popularly known as Water User Scheme with structured questionnaire. Under those Scheme several Water User Groups are working. Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) is

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... inly operated the schemes. They make an agreement with the Scheme Managing Committee that has a guideline and agreement to be signed. Each scheme pay Tk. 20000 per year to use a 2 or 5 cusec electric operated pump and scheme need to bear the maintenance cost. Apart from yearly payment individual farmer pays Tk 1500/ acre/ year. It was observed that in Fenarbak union, out of 22 scheme 17 are in operating condition. Main livelihood of that area is dry season rice and wet season fish catching. People have diversified their cropping pattern by growing tomatoes, red chili, potato, cauliflower, sweet gourd etc. Water user scheme would be more benefitted to more people to improve their livelihood by reducing the rental charge and maintenance cost