In A bid to provide maximum benefit of irrigation facilities to farmers of Chhattisgarh, the State Government will constitute an Irrigation Development Authority.
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has given orders for its formation, according to official sources.
Notably, presently, the irrigation capacity in the state is 10.38 lakh hectare, which is 18% of the total fertile land. Chief Minister said that development of irrigation facilities is one of the top priorities of the state government.
For speedy development of irrigation resources, it is necessary to work on mission mode, for which the state government has decided to constitute the development authority.
Chief Minister said that the Chhattisgarh Infrastructure Development Corporation (CSIDC) constituted earlier is not serving the purpose as per present expectations.
Hence, the CSIDC will be transformed into Irrigation Development Authority.
It is noteworthy that Chhattisgarh has nearly 57 lakh hectares of agricultural land. In year 2004, the developed irrigation capacity in the state was 15 lakh 51 thousand hectares and actual irrigation capacity was 10 lakh 22 thousand hectares, whereas in year 2018, the developed irrigation capacity was 20 lakh 88 thousand and actual irrigation capacity was 10 lakh 38 thousand hectare. Chhattisgarh Irrigation Development Authority would chalk out action plan for expansion of actual irrigation capacity and development of new irrigation schemes in the state so that farmers of the state may get maximum benefits from the same.
