A high level official team consisting of Chief Secretary Suresh Mahapatra, Water Resources Secretary Anu Garg and 5T Secretary VK Pandian on Thursday visited Ganjam and Gajapati districts and reviewed the progress of various multipurpose irrigation projects and School Transformation programme.
While reviewing the Ghatekeswar Multipurpose Irrigation Project after field supervision of ongoing construction work, Mahapatra asked the implementing agency to finish the project by December-end.
The project with an estimate of Rs 172.06 crore targets to irrigate 600 acre of land spread over four villages under Kukudakhandi block. Besides, the project plans to supply 8.25 MLD drinking water for at least one lakh people of Brahmapur town and periphery areas. Later, the team studied the implementation of Puruna Patna High School transformation programmee.
It also reviewed the Cheligada irrigation and hydel project in