Odisha Cabinet Approves Cyclone Resilient Saline Embankment Projects

Bhubaneswar, Aug 13(Reporters Today Bureau): The State Government has planned for raising and strengthening of 36 number of saline embankments measuring total length of 198.81 km to cyclone resilient standards at a cost of Rs 763.48 crore.

This will ensure sustaining the impact of very severe cyclone with speeds upto 250 km/hr and to protect the adjacent landmass and habitation from floods, saline ingress and tidal surge of Bay of Bengal.

The project will be undertaken in 4 cyclone prone coastal districts of Odisha – Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara and Puri.

The Cabinet on Friday approved the “Cyclone Resilient Saline Embankment Projects” scheme to be executed during the period from FY:2022-23 to 2024-25.

Upon completion of the projects, about 21,690 Ha of agricultural land will be protected from flood and saline ingress and 2,92,500 people in 136 no of villages in the above districts will be benefitted.