Bhubaneswar: 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.
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 today approved the scheme “Cyclone Resilient Saline Embankment Projects” to be executed during the period from FY:2022-23 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs.763.48 Crore.
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.
