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| Plan panel okays Rs 300 crore Rukura irrigation project |
| BS Reporter / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar Feb 02, 2010, 00:52 IST |
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The Planning Commission has approved the Rs 300 crore Rukura medium irrigation project (MIP) in Sundergarh district of Orissa.
It will be implemented under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) launched in 1996-97. About 5700 hecatres of farm land is targeted to be irrigated by the project.
“The land acquisition work is under progress and the project is targeted to be completed by 2014”, Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, secretary, water resources department, told Business Standard.
Sources said, the tender work for the project and the construction of the model colony are in progress. Simultaneously, the rehabilitation and resettlement work is in advanced stages of completion.
Orissa targets to irrigate about 5.6 lakh hectares in the next 5 years at an investment of Rs 10,000 crore. Apart from the major irrigation projects, the plan puts emphasis on the development of medium and minor irrigation projects, pani panchayat, flood control, drainage in waterlogged areas and coastal security. The aim is to provide irrigation facility to at least 35 per cent of cultivable land in every block in the next two years.
On the other hand, irrigation facilities are expected to be available from the Rengali Left Canal by June, 2010. Besides, the Subarnarekha Irrigation Project will cater to the needs of farmers in Mayurbhanj district by June this year.
Steps are being taken to complete the work on Titlagarh, Rengali, Subarnarekha, Hadua, Mahendratanaya, Bhaghalati, Manjore, Birupa- Genguti, Telengir, Kunpur, Ret and Chheligarh irrigation projects and Bagh barrage in the next five years.
Other irrigation projects like Aung, Brutang, Korashani, Lamtara, Samakoi, Indravati barrage and Upper Udanti projects will also be launched during the period.
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