Bhubaneswar: Development Commissioner and Additional Chief Secretary Anu Garg on Friday reviewed the progress of the MIS applications meant for lift irrigation projects.
The development of the MIS is in the final stage and the portal will soon be dedicated to the officers of Water Resources department for ease of supervision and general public of Odisha at large.
So far, 200 schemes have been completed and 49 are under construction through Parbati Giri 1.0 & Parbati Giri 2.0 projects covering 3,24,000 ha of ayacut through mega lift pumping and pressurized irrigation system.
Parbati Giri Mega Lift Irrigation Project were formulated in the year of 2011-12 to provide Khariff irrigation to the uplands inside or outside irrigation commands which were deprived of flow irrigation due to locational disadvantages.
To monitor the day to day operation of completed schemes and timely operation of ongoing schemes, IT enabled Project Management techniques- a GIS based Management Information System is being developed with the help of OCAC under IT & 5-T initiatives of the DoWR.
Similarly, another satellite based GIS application for mapping of irrigation commands, water bodies created by the DoWR starting from major reservoirs to check dams , all assets in the irrigation commands including dams, barrages ,canals with structures ,river and canal embankments ,irrigation roads, building etc to create an inventory of assets in an organized manner for operation and maintenance of the assets is being developed under the name “Odisha Jal Sampad” with the technical help of Odisha Space application Centre. This application is another important IT & 5-T initiatives of the department which was also reviewed by the DC-cum-ACS.
Senior officers of Water Resources department and OCAC were present.
