Orissa WRCP

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Orissa's future economic development and social welfare require better planning and allocation of water across sectors and, for irrigation, improved efficiency of public expenditures and water use, and enhanced agricultural productivity. The Orissa Water Resources Consolidation Project has the following primary objectives: 1) improve the planning, management and development process for the state's water resources; 2) increase agricultural productivity through investments to improve existing schemes and complete viable incomplete schemes; and 3) enhance the department of water resources institutional capability. The project will contribute to these objectives by helping the government of Orissa (GOO) to establish multi-sectoral water planning, enhance the efficiency of public expenditures, provide more efficient and effective irrigation services, and upgrade DOWR's capabilities in all functional areas. The components of the project are the following: 1) scheme completions; 2) systems improvement and farmer participation/turnover; 3) basin planning and environmental action plan; 4) water resources research and agricultural intensification; 5) institutional reorganization and strengthening; 6) resettlement and rehabilitation; and 7) indigenous peoples development plan.