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The Odisha Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday approved Rs 108 crore for the construction of the integrated Anandapur Barrage Project in Keonjhar district.
The decision was among six major proposals cleared across five departments.
Briefing the media, Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja said the project, under the Water Resources Department, aims to provide irrigation to 60,000 hectares in Keonjhar and Balasore districts.
The current proposal covers a segment of the larger project, focused on creating irrigation potential for 2,221 hectares under the Baitarani Left Bank Canal (BLBC) and Baitarani Right Ba...