Team Blitz India
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha Government will invest Rs 75,000 crore in the next five years for the development of the water sector, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on July 7. He added that in the last four years, the state government has approved projects worth Rs 46,000 crore for the sector.
Patnaik was addressing the felicitation programme for the Water Resource Department’s Team Odisha and Ganjam district for the success in getting National Water Awards.
The CM said that his government provides top priority to the development of water resources.
“We have completed a number of projects in recent years to fulfill the aspirations of people. The expectation of people from the Government has been growing. So we should keep working hard. Any impact in water resources has a tremendous impact on agriculture and in the lives of our farmers,” CM Patnaik said.