For ensuring better crops in Rabi season, the State Water Resources Department has decided that 24,259 hectares of farm land will be supplied with water for irrigation. The decision was taken during meeting of Water Consumption Committee headed by District Collector Bheem Singh here on Saturday.
In the meeting it was proposed that for Rabi crop for year 2014-15 water from Mahanadi main canal would be provided for irrigating 15,670 hectares of land. The water from Mahanadi supply canal would be utilised for irrigating 740 hectares besides Kanwarhat branch canal (425 hectares).
Water from Sondhur supply canal would be utilised for irrigating 5,138 hectares of land. likewise from left Pairi canal system, 2,100 hectares of land would be irrigated and through eight small irrigation projects, 186 hectare of farm land will be irrigated.
Executive Engineer Water Management Division, Rudri, Ajay Sharma informed that under Mahanadi project different water bodies in district have 28.911 TMC water. From Ravishankar Sagar Dam, Gangrel Dam, Murumsilli, Dudhawa and Sondhur Dam 24,259 hectare area would be irrigated. The District Collector also took information about different irrigation schemes being run by Water Resources Department.
He directed the Water Resource Department to prepare a map of every village and accordingly supply water to the needy ones.