Major Leap to 5T Initiatives, Odisha Farmers to Get Services on Irrigation Through App

Bhubaneswar: In a major leap in 5T initiatives, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today launched ‘Secha Samadhan’ app for farmers making the Water Resources Department accountable to farmers, the biggest stakeholder about their problems.

While launching the app through video conference, Patnaik said the mobile app will help in resolving the various issues of the farmers at finger tips immediately and provide services in a transparent manner.

With the ‘Secha Samadhan’ mobile app, farmers can lodge their complaints by sending the photo or video of the issues to the department. The complaint status will be sent to the farmers through SMS and quick action will be taken to address the issues, a release said.

The CM also launched portals to provide online services for community lift irrigation projects under Biju Krushak Yojana, water allocation for industrial organizations and commercial houses.

Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy, Water Resources Secretary Anu Garg, Agriculture Department Principal Secretary, Development Commissioner, 5T Secretary VK Pandian and other officials were present during the programme.