Bhubaneswar: The Project Sanctioning Committee of NABARD has sanctioned RIDF assistance of Rs.1134.74 crore to Odisha, including Rs.1040.96 crore for two important mega projects in Odisha for drinking water and lift irrigation.
With this the cumulative sanction to the State during the current Financial year shot up to Rs.1845.70 crore, said officials.
The mega drinking water supply project in fluoride affected blocks of Nuapada district involving RIDF assistance of Rs.543.63 crore, envisages supply of 100 litres per capita per day (lpcd) of drinking water to 1.20 lakh families in the fluoride affected blocks like Sinapali, Boden, Khariar, Komna & Nuapadaof Nuapada district, they said.
The project will help the people to get safe drinking water and protect from fluorosis due to contamination of fluoride in ground water.
The sources said too assist the State Government in achieving 35 per cent of assured irrigation in all deficit blocks in the State, NABARD has also sanctioned 19 Mega Lift Irrigation projects in Cluster III involving a RIDF assistance of Rs.497.33 crore.
These projects envisage providing assured kharif irrigation to about 24000 ha of agriculture uplands in the districts ofSambalpur, Bargarh, Bolangir and Jharsuguda which will help in increasing the irrigation potential in Ambabhona, Ghaislet, Jharsuguda, Kolabira, Lakhanpur, Rengali, Kuchinda and Agalpur blocks.
Modern techniques of distributing water through underground pipes minimising the evaporation and seepage loss as compared to traditional flow irrigation are being adopted under these projects.
Reiterating it’s commitment to the development of critical rural connectivity in the State, NABARD also sanctioned seven roads and one bridge projects in Koraput, Nuapada, Ganjam, Sambalpur districts.
The sanction of road and bridge projects involved a RIDF assistance of Rs.93.77 crore will develop 100km of road and 92 mtrs of bridge.
