Kondagaon district administration has chalked out a work plan to rejuvenate rivers and rivulets of the region in a bid to increase agriculture income of villagers under ‘Suraji’ Yojana, which ascertains development of Narva, Garva, Ghurva and Badi.
Official sources claimed that not only long term benefit would be achieved with this rejuvenation of water bodies but would also help in water conservation and augmentation.
Officials in water resources department informed that the work would jointly be accomplished by water resources and agriculture department. Rivers and rivulets of five of the revenue blocks namely Kondagaon, Keshkal, Baderajpur, Farasgaon and Makdi would be revived under the project.
Earlier water used to be available in these water bodies for around 6-8 months in a year. But the depleting water level of late has raised apprehension about their existence, calling for immediate conservation efforts.
Once these water bodies are revived, not only ample water for irrigation purposes will be available for the villagers, they can also be able to take double crop in a crop season. For this purpose stop dams and contour-bunds will be constructed in the water bodies, which will ascertain dampness in the nearby soil and will also made water available for irrigation, the sources claim.
Under the rejuvenation programme irrigation facility to 1379.06 hectare will get increased once 156 structures are constructed and repaired, sources say. Villagers of more than 28 villages will be benefitted from the project, which will cost around Rs 3311 Lakh, sources inform.