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With an purpose to negate vagaries of clime change, resulting h2o crisis, Odisha furniture has decided to travel with six stream linking projects with a budgetary outlay of ₹1790 crore.
The State Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Majhi connected Friday (October 10, 2025) has approved an ambitious strategy titled - Intra-State River Linking Scheme successful Odisha astatine an concern of ₹1790 crore. These projects volition beryllium executed implicit a play of 5 years 2025-26 to 2029-30 fiscal.
As per the government, the task which intends to link water-surplus stream basins with water-deficient regions volition amended drought resilience, make further h2o storage, mitigate flood risks, and boost cultivation productivity.
Initially, the authorities is looking to instrumentality up Katra Link Project (feeder channels from Kansapal), Vansadhara-Rushikulya (Nandini Nalla) intra-link project, Hiradharbati Flood Flow Channel Project, Bahuda Tampara Link Project, Ong-Suktel Garland Canal Project and Telengiri-Upper Kolab Project.
There are 12 large rivers flowing successful the State, of which the Mahanadi is the longest and the Bahuda is the shortest. The rivers of Odisha are chiefly rainfed. Odisha authorities had earlier projected
Odisha authorities had earlier projected Mahanadi Godavari Link Project by constructing a retention reservoir connected Mahanadi River astatine Manibhadra and a nexus canal from this reservoir to the Godavari River.
Apart from the stream linking projects, the Mohan Majhi Government has decided to revive the mislaid ayacut by renovation and modernization and heighten the irrigation country beyond the plan capableness nether ‘Nabakrushna Choudhury Secha Unnayan Yojana’.
As per the support by Cabinet, ‘Nabakrushna Choudhury Secha Unnayan Yojana’ has been extended for a further play of 5 years from 2025-26 to 2029-30 with an outlay of ₹1437.00 crore. It is expected to execute optimum utilisation of the designed irrigation for revival of mislaid ayacut by restoring irrigation imaginable of 1,23,448 hectare and expanding further irrigation sum of 4862 hectare.
