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Amid protests implicit the alleged mismanagement successful paddy procurement successful Odisha, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said his authorities is making arrangements to bargain the harvest from farmers, arsenic the Centre has agreed to assistance 8 lakh tonnes of rice.
Addressing a programme successful the Kalahandi territory office Bhawanipatna connected Sunday (January 18, 2026) evening, helium besides launched improvement projects worthy much than ₹891 crore to boost irrigation facilities successful the drought-prone areas of the region.
Mr. Majhi inaugurated 971 projects worthy ₹193.36 crore and laid the instauration chromatic for 2,641 projects worthy ₹698.3 crore successful the district. He besides inaugurated the Kalahandi Ghoomura Mahotsav-2026.
Speaking astatine the programme, Mr. Majhi said each these projects volition guarantee much improvement of Kalahandi and its farmers.
“The State Government has plans to instrumentality the Utei Rawal irrigation task astatine an concern of ₹3,325 crore,” helium said, adding that the enactment volition commence soon aft the Central Government's approval.
"The Centre has agreed to assistance 8 lakh metric tonnes of atom from Odisha. Therefore, the State Government is making arrangements to cod paddy from farmers," the Chief Minister said.
The farmers are present "getting benefits from irrigation projects, further fiscal assistance of ₹800 per quintal of paddy, ₹10,000 per annum nether the PM Kisan and the CM Kisan and different schemes", helium said.
“A husbandman household is present earning astir ₹71,000 much per twelvemonth owed to the payment schemes of the State and the Central Government," helium said.
Mr. Majhi said the enactment connected the Belgaum intra-river reservoir task successful the territory volition commencement soon, portion the operation astatine Sandul Barrage volition beryllium completed astatine the earliest.
He besides announced that the country betwixt Kalahandi and Nabarangpur volition beryllium converted into a fabric accumulation cluster. On this occasion, the Chief Minister unveiled the peculiar souvenir of Ghumura 2026, 'Kalajharan'.
