IMPHAL, May 5: The Irrigation & Flood Control Department (IFCD) is committed to developing irrigation projects in the State by constructing Major and Medium Irrigation (MMI) & multipurpose projects and managing flood problems by taking up flood control schemes.
According to a release of Directorate of Information & Public Relations (DIPR), the main objective of the department under MMI in the 10th, 11th, and 12th FY Plan is completion of the three ongoing projects namely Khuga Multipurpose Project, Thoubal Multipurpose Project and Dolaithabi Barrage Project.
It said these projects on completion would provide 57,470 hectares of annual irrigation, 15 million gallons a day (MGD) of water supply and 7.5 megawatt electricity.
The Khuga Multipurpose Project was sanctioned by the Planning Commission in July 1980. On its completion, the project would provide 5 million gallons of drinking water along with enhancing irrigation network to cover 14,760 hectares of cultivation sites and will generate 1.5 megawatt electricity, the release stated.
Thoubal Multipurpose Project built over Thoubal River at Maphou Kuki village was approved by the Planning Commission in 1980. The whole components of the project are targeted for completion by March, 2017. On completion, the project would provide 10 MGD of drinking water to Imphal residents along with creating 35,160 hectares of annual irrigation and generate 7.5 megawatt electricity, it elaborated.
Informing that the Dolaithabi Barrage Project situated at Dolaithabi in Imphal district was approved by the Planning Commission in 1992, it said the project is planned to divert Iril river to create an irrigation potential of 7,545 hectares in the district.
The whole components including the canals are targeted to complete by March, 2017, it further informed.
The release maintained that Irrigation & Flood Control Department has taken up a number of schemes to tackle the problems of flood protection work in the State in a comprehensive manner.
So far, 22 schemes under Flood Management Programme (FMP) of Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) have been implemented with a total cost of Rs 109.09 crores. The Retaining Wall constructed along Nambul River is one such scheme, it explained.
Under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) of NABARD, five schemes have been sanctioned during 2011-12 for major rivers with a total cost of Rs 99.73 crores. The schemes are physically completed and the expenditure up to January, 2016 is Rs. 81.00 crores.
Under NEC, seven (7) schemes have been sanctioned and being implemented with a total cost of Rs. 27.85 crores. Retaining Wall constructed along Waishel stream is one such scheme. 75 per cent of construction work has been completed and are targeted to complete by March, 2017, the release added.