The State Government has provided administrative sanction for development of 'Pataiband Anicut Project' at a cost of Rs 38.45 crore on Mahanadi river in the Fingeshwar Development Block of Gariaband district, officials informed.
On completion the project would held irrigate 250 hectares of Kharif season crops and 210 hectares of Rabi season crops.
Notably, the Chhattisgarh Government had also launched an awareness programme last year to motivate farmers in all the villages under Pairi Project Command Area to adopt crop rotation pattern besides adopting micro irrigation technology in order to ensure optimum use of irrigation water for proper implementation of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) in the district, officials informed.
Notably, Chhattisgarh Agriculture and Water Resources Minister Brijmohan Agrawal on April 4 , 2016 had stated that micro irrigation projects have been fulfilling irrigation needs of far-flung areas of the State.
He had urged the Central government to provide funds for big, medium and micro irrigation projects.