Odisha Cabinet Approves “Cyclone Resilient Saline Embankment Projects”
Bhubaneswar: In a major decision, the Odisha Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday approved the scheme “Cyclone Resilient Saline Embankment Projects”. The projects will be executed during the period from FY:2022-23 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs.763.48 crore. Upon completion of the projects, about 21,690 Ha of agricultural land will [...]
Bhubaneswar: In a major decision, the Odisha Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday approved the scheme “Cyclone Resilient Saline Embankment Projects”.
The projects will be executed during the period from FY:2022-23 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs.763.48 crore.
Upon completion of the projects, about 21,690 Ha of agricultural land will be protected from flood and saline ingress
and 2,92,500 people in 136 villages in the above districts will be benefitted, according to an official release.
The State Government has planned for raising and strengthening of 36 saline embankments measuring total length of 198.81 km to cyclone resilient standard to sustain the impact of very severe cyclone with speeds upto 250 km/hr and to protect the adjacent landmass and habitation from floods, saline ingress and tidal surge of Bay of Bengal in 4 nos. of cyclone prone coastal districts of Odisha viz. Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara and Puri.
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