This year because of late and less than average rainfall, there seems to be a drought like situation in the district. Almost daily group of farmers are seen meeting the district administration with the samples of the damaged crop. This year because of the less rain the yield is expected to be low.
However during this year as much as 6 crore worth of check dam projects have been executed in this district under the Integrated Action Plan alone. Moreover lot of work has been done by depts. such as Blocks ( By the way fo MO Pokaghri under NREGS) Minor irrigation and Orissa lift irrigation corporation. These sources if utilized properly will come in handy in atleast partly tackling the drought like situation.
Collector Rayagada in a letter to all BDOS, Executive Engineer MI Division rayagada, ASCO-cum-PD-watershed and OLIC has instructed that all these irrigation sources be made good use of after taking into account the ground situation.
Nothing can be worse that having water in reservoirs and channels, but farmers are deprived of the same.
Nothing can be worse that having water in reservoirs and channels, but farmers are deprived of the same.
The letter of Collector Rayagada comes at a time when there have been several complaints received by the district administration, particularly from Padampur and Gunupur area, that water is not being released to the farmers from the Badanala project, the only medium irrigation project in the district.
