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The length of this irrigation project will be 5 km and 470 meters. Around Rs 9.32 crore will be spent on this project under NABARD. It is being claime
Out of 23.14 million MI schemes examined, 21.93 million (94.8 per cent) constitute groundwater schemes, while 1.21 million (5.2 per cent) are classified as Surface Water Schemes. This underscores the substantial reliance on groundwater resources for irrigation needs.There has been a delay in release of the 6th census due to COVID-19 and work on the 7th census has already been started, a senior official said.
The sixth census of minor irrigation (MI) schemes showed that the number of both groundwater and surface water schemes have increased at the national level.
The project envisages to provide water to irrigate 27,000 Ha of Culturable Command Area (CCA) in the Balangir district of Odisha.
The scope includes survey, design, and constructing a 158 m long barrage across the Sidheshwari river.