Tag: Lift Irrigation

Bhubaneswar: A construction worker from Odisha died after the wall of an under construction tunnel being built for the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy lift irrigation scheme caved in Nagarkurnool district of Telangana on Wednesday. The mishap occurred when a group of 16 labourers were engaged in preparatory works on the tunnel by taking up blasting works using […]

Bhubaneswar: With a few days left for the by-election to Bijepur assembly constituency, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced a mega irrigation system for the region, named as Gangadhar Meher Lift Canal System, to appease the farming community. The project, which will pump water from Bargarh main canal through underground pipeline, will be set up […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Cabinet meeting presided over by chief minister Naveen Patnaik at the State Secretariat here today approved six proposals. Talking to media persons after the meeting, chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi said the Cabinet decided to name all Lift Irrigation (LI) projects after eminent female freedom fighter Parbati Giri, nicknamed as Mother Teresa […]

Balangir/Baripada: Vigilance sleuths today conducted simultaneous raids on the office of Satya Narayan Panigrahi, Junior Engineer, Lift Irrigation, Tusara Irrigation Division in Balangir district, his residence, his in-laws’ house and houses of his two brothers at Patnagarh. The raids were conducted by five teams led by Abhiram Kar, DSP, Vigilance, Balangir. “Till now, we have […]

Bhubaneswar: With the met office predicting scanty rainfall during the Monsoon season, Odisha government today decided to launch a scheme to revive the defunct Lift Irrigation projects estimated to be Rs 522 crore. “The state government have decided to launch a new state plan scheme ‘Revival of Defunct Lift Irrigation projects’ with an outlay of […]