Field channel sparks life to marginal farmers

Technical Detail: · Name of the Project- Construction of field channel at Mokatput. · Name of the Village – Mokatput. · Block: Kotpad · Gram Panchayat – Chitra. · Person days Generetaed : 822 · Starting Days – 20.01.2016 · Estimated Cost: 4 Lakh To ensure the prime objective of NREGA of providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteers to do unskilled manual labour. Much emphasis was given on the works of irrigation facility to land owned by households belonging to the SC &STs out of nine items of works enumerated under the Act. The water of the perennial “ KadamalijholaNalla” near the village Mokaput under Chitra G.P. flowing without any utilization. Keeping in view the above objectives and demand of the local farmers, the project “construction of field channel at Mokaput” was selected during the year 2015-16 with an estimated cost Rs. 4.00 Lakhs. Social benefits By taking the project, not only the ST inhabitants of Mokaput village and other labours residing nearby villages got employment but also they are obstructed to migrate to other places for works. As many as 25 acre of land belonging to ST are being irrigated, there is gradual change in pattern in cultivation and the economic condition is reported to have been increasing. The people of the locality are delightful and there is growing demand for taking such beneficial projects in the locality where there is perennial source of water. “ This field channel has turned out to be the boon for all of us as we are now able to get the ware through out the year and because of this we can now going for multi crop in a year. Our income has also increased due to this MGNREGS asset” Said, Ram Chandra Khara, a villager.
District : Koraput
Block : Koraput
Panchayat : Mastiput
Financial Year : 0
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