Thursday, December 17, 2009

JICA to assist Rs 150 cr for Rengali Canal

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) agrees to provide a financial assistance of Rs 150 crore for completion of the construction of Rengali left canal. This was informed by JICA’s assistant director Mitsuaki Suzuki at Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.

JICA’s assistant director Mitsuaki Suzuki led a high level delegation to the State and met Chief Secretary TK Mishra on this issue. Once the money would be utilised, irrigation facilities would be extended to nearly 29,000 hectares on the left side of the canal.

The project began in 1994 and is likely to be completed by June next year. Nearly 1.14 lakh hectares of land can avail irrigation facilities upon the completion of the Rengali Left canal

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