WIO Press Release: Will the wonder irrigation plan take off in Orissa?

- State government promises 5.6 lakh hectares more land under irrigation in the next 5 years.

- This when its earlier promise of bringing at least 35% area under irrigation still requires 5.15 lakh ha to be covered in another less than 3 years. 
- The question therefore is “can this be really achieved or the government is fooling around with the people of the state?”
- Water Initiatives Orissa hopes that government talks straight and act in right earnest to achieve the desired target and not end up in absurdity again.

Sambalpur, September 17, 2009