Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday approved a proposal for irrigating about 26,248 hectare under drought-prone Koksara block in Kalahandi district by drawing water through pumps from the Indravati reservoir.
Under the project, a pump house would be set up near the Hati barrage of Indravati river from where water would be drawn by pipes and released in a canal and then to agricultura
BHAWANIPATAN: Their hopes to earn profits from the crops this festive season have fallen flat. Pest attacks in menacing proportions have left thousands of farmers of Kalahandi shocked.
BHAWANIPATNA: It is a double whammy for farmers of Indravati irrigated pockets of Kalahandi. If delay in release of water into the canals was not enough, the administration is yet to arrange for proper marketing facilities for procurement of Dalua (summer) paddy.
BHAWANIPATNA: A 15-metre-long breach in the left main canal of Indravati project on April 28 damaged standing paddy crops in about 100 acres of land at Kasibahal village.
Besides, crops were damaged due to sand cast in some places and in the down stream of the canal, irrigation was affected.
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government will build two more check dams on the lower catchments of Indravati river to tackle drinking water scarcity in Nabarangpur district.
This was decided at a high level meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
IN a bid to provide irrigation facilities for the rabi crops, the State Government has initiated several measures, including installation of new lift irrigation points (LIPs).
Crop loss during the kharif because of erratic monsoon and the suicide of farmers have prompted the State Government to take precautionary measures.
BHAWANIPATNA: As the farmers in Kalahandi district are readying to harvest winter paddy, spectre of a depleted production haunts them due to diseases and pest attack.
BPH and gundi bug pest attack along with diseases like sheath blight and sheath rot severely damaged paddy crops during pre-harvesting period.
BHUBANESWAR: With Dussehra over, Gridco, the bulk supplier of power, and the Orissa Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL), are reportedly putting pressure on the Government to go for power regulation from October onwards in view of the poor hydro situation in major reservoirs.
BHUBANESWAR: Indravati Hydro Power Station (IHPS) which was shut down yesterday following objection from the Water Resources Department resumed power generation today following intervention of Minister of State for Energy Atanu Sabyasachi.
