Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday inaugurated the water flow in the Subarnarekha Irrigation Project canal system, by which 15,359 hectares of farmland would be irrigated spread over 94 villages under five blocks in Mayurbhanj district. The irrigation facility would cover Baripada, Betanti, Morada, Shuliapada and Rasgobindpur blocks. The CM said the Subarnarekha Irrigation Project would irrigate a total of 1.09 lakh hectares of land in Mayurbhanj and Baleswar districts.
Stating that irrigation is a priority of his Government, he said that 10,000 hectares of land would be irrigated from the Deo Irrigation Project from the next kharif season. He also stated that about 15 irrigation projects would be completed in the next two to three years.