The State Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to construct the Gangadhar Meher lift Canal System to irrigate land three blocks in Bargarh district.
Two other proposals, including tender for construction of sewerage system for Bhubaneswar Sewerage District-II, were also approved by the State Cabinet held under chairmanship of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
The irrigation project would provide water to rain-fed and drought-prone lands of about 25,000 hectares in Bijepur, Sohela and Barpalli blocks of Bargarh district. It would draw water from Hirakud Dam through Bargarh main canal.
The project would be undertaken in EPC mode is targeted to be completed in five years at an estimated cost of Rs 1,246.56 crore. A micro irrigation system would be adopted in about 30 per cent of the total command area, said Chief Secretary AP Padhi after the meeting.
Similarly, tender for sewerage construction was approved in a bid to check water pollution in Daya and Kuakhai rivers on the outskirts of the capital city.
The IIT, Roorkee has prepared a detailed project report (DPR) for the project and it was approved in 2007 at an estimated cost of Rs 754 crore. It has provisions for laying of sewers, construction of Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP) and pumping stations.
The DPR was prepared for development of scientific Integrated Sewerage System of Bhubaneswar City for collection, transportation and treatment of sewage generated from the city. The project will benefit population of 2.82 lakh till 2041. A total of 28 MlD water will be treated daily to make the city clean.
“Bhubaneswar has been divided into 6 districts for the sewerage project. JICA is funding the project in one district, whereas two other districts are being funded by the Finance Commission. The projects in the rest three districts are being undertaken by the State and the Central Governments jointly,” informed Padhi.
The proposal of prorogation of the last monsoon session of the State Assembly was nodded.