The Mahanadi Coalfields limited (MCl) extended a helping hand towards 61 under-privileged farmers in Sambalpur district to enable them water their crop timely and reap a good harvest.
The MCl has sponsored Below Poverty line (BPl), SC and ST farmers of Bamra, Jamankira and Kuchinda blocks of the district to avail deep Borewell Secha Karyakrama Scheme of the Government and have own bore-well in their fields. Total number of under-privileged farmers sponsored by the MCl to avail Government scheme has gone up to 378 now in Sambalpur district.
The State Government has a scheme under which an SC, ST and BPl farmer can have their own deep borewell on making subsidised payment of `9,000. However, many farmers in the district could not avail this scheme due to their low income. The district administration requested the MCl to sponsor them for the Deep Borewell Secha Karyakrama Scheme so that they can also prosper and contribute towards economic growth.
The State Government executing agency Odisha lift Irrigation Corporation (OlIC) has a plan to provide deep borewells to these beneficiaries by April this year.