Tag: Irrigation In Odisha

There is a delay in the completion of projects ranging from 13- 43 years. The state could create only 24 per cent of the targeted irrigation potential

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the State is already facing acute water crisis due to lack of sufficient rainfall, people expressed deep concerns after Odisha Water Resources Minister, Raghunandan Das on Thursday informed that the groundwater level has decreased by 6.71 per cent between 2009 and 2017 in the State. In his written reply to […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Effective major irrigation schemes being few and far between in Odisha it is important to support initiatives like tank irrigation. They can come in handy in times of distress for farmers. But sustaining such initiatives is not easy. When funds are not a problem lack of awareness and motivation among people […]