Drainage Improvement Programme (DIP)

DIP has been taken up from the financial year 2014-15 to retrieve the irrigable and un-irrigable command affected by water logging in the 17 doabs in coastal Odisha, to moderate the flooding and inundation period by way of increased carrying capacity of drain and rivers,for river mouth clearance improved natural drainage arrangement in the area around wetlands through gravity and pumping and renovation of urban water bodies.

Prime objectives of this scheme are;

  • Retrieval of 1,79ha of cultivable area,
  • Increase in crop productivity by an average of 10% in the area of influence,
  • Improved farm-gate accessibility through 100 km of earthen embankment
  • Reduction of inundation time through improvement of carrying capacity by way of removal of shoals and islands etc.from rivers and drainage channels rivers mouth clearance
  • Renovation and de-silting of select urban water bodies.

Water-smart technology supported by the scheme- Drainage

For more details visithttp://www.dowrodisha.gov.in/