The NABARD has sanctioned RIDF assistance of Rs1134.74 crore to Odisha, including Rs1,040.96 crore for mega drinking water and lift irrigation projects.
At a meeting of the Project Sanctioning Committee of NABARD held on September 14, the NABARD sanctioned the monetary aid under the RIDF-XXI in the State. With this the cumulative sanction to the State during the current financial year rose to Rs1,845.70 crore.
The drinking water supply project involving assistance of Rs543.63 crore envisages supply of 100 litres per capita per day (lpcd) of drinking water to 1.20 lakh families in fluoride-affected blocks of Sinapali, Boden, Khariar, Komna and Nuapada in Nuapada district. The project will help people get safe drinking water and protect them from fluorosis due to contamination of fluoride in ground water.
Besides, to assist the State Government in achieving 35 per cent of assured irrigation in all deficit blocks in the State, the national bank has also sanctioned 19 mega lift projects in Cluster-II involving RIDF assistance of Rs497.33 crore. These projects envisage providing assured Kharif irrigation to about 24,000 ha of agriculture uplands in Sambalpur, Bargarh, Balangir and Jharsuguda districts.
The NABARD also sanctioned seven road and a bridge projects with assistance of Rs93.77 crore. The road and bridge projects will be implemented in districts like Koraput, Nuapada, Ganjam, Sambalpur, etc. The projects will develop 100 kilometre road and 92 meter bridge.