The water and effluent treatment division of L&T Construction has received further orders from the Water Resources Department, Government of Odisha, to carry out the Cluster XIX and Cluster XX Mega Lift Irrigation projects, according to the EPC major, who made the announcement on Tuesday.
The substantial project has an estimated value of between Rs 1,000 crore and Rs 2,500 crore, according to Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) categorization. In order to irrigate a culturable command area of 29,914 hectares in the districts of Keonjhar, Jajpur, and Kendrapada on a turnkey basis, 23 lift irrigation schemes consisting of intake points spread across the Anandapur Left Main Canal, Bidydharpur Barrage, Hadagarh Reservoir, Anandapur Barrage, and Kharsua, Kani, and Baitarani Rivers are being implemented as part of the overall project.