An amount of Rs 3.61 crore had been sanctioned for the Kanpala Irrigation canal Diversion project in Saraipali Development block in Mahasamund district, officials informed.
The Water Resources Department officials said about 150 hectares of extra agriculture land will be brought under cultivation after the completion of the project.
The State Government has approved Rs 5.31 crore towards the construction of Amarkot Irrigation canal Diversion Scheme at Saraipaali Development block of Mahasamund district, officials informed.
The project was sanctioned under the Minor Irrigation Scheme under the (Non-tribal) NABARD scheme.
The project would help irrigate 243 hectares of additional land after the completion of the project.
Quite recently, the Chhattisgarh Government also provided administrative sanction of Rs 10 .65 crore for setting up a Micro-irrigation project on Dhamasara-Mohad Anicut on Sheonath River using drip irrigation technique, officials informed.
On completion of this Micro-irrigation project will enable irrigation facility for 240 hectares area in Kharif season and that of 240 hectares area in Rabi season, officials informed.
Notably, the Chhattisgarh State Agriculture and Seed Development Corporation and Gujarat Green Revolution Company signed MoU on June 22 this year for implementation of Gujarat Pattern system for distribution of agricultural equipment to farmers of Chhattisgarh.
Moreover, now the farmers will be able to order agricultural equipment such as drip, sprinkler, irrigation pump, combine harvester, tractor, power tiller, automatic and manual agricultural devices online, as per their convenience.
Notably, Chhattisgarh is among 13 states which had been mentioned in the Economic Survey report 2015-16 as a success story on use of drip irrigation by farmers on their lands.
The results from an impact evaluation of National Mission on Micro Irrigation of the Union Ministry of Agriculture conducted in 64 districts of 13 states mainly – Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand – are revealing on the benefits of drip irrigation, according to the survey report.
There were substantial reductions in irrigation costs and savings on electricity and fertilisers .This is because water is efficiently supplied and hence pumps are used for a limited time. Moreover, water soluble fertilisers are supplied directly to the root of the plant and hence there is less wastage, it stated.
Yields of crops also went upto 45 per cent in wheat, 20 per cent in gram and 40 per cent in soybean, the report stated.
Notably, the Chhattisgarh government will soon launch a ‘Solar Community Irrigation Project’ for drawing water extracted using solar pumps for supplying to the agricultural land of farmers across the State.The pipeline extension project to be executed by Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA) would be undertaken shortly, officials informed.
Notably, in order to ensure sufficient supply of potable water in drought-hit areas of Chhattisgarh during summer months, Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) had installed a total of 4402 hand-pumps in the last six months, officials informed.
The installation of hand-pumps was carried out between October 15, 2015 and April 15 this year, said Department officials.
“During this period, riser pipes measuring around 55000 meters were provided to around 12000 hand-pumps which recorded decline in water level. Moreover, riser pipes measuring around 77000 meters have been changed in over 19000 hand-pumps,” said officials.