ii) Kalo irrigation Project:

Kalo irrigation Project is constructed across river Kalo and Kushabhadra near village Khanua under Kaptipada Block in Mayurbhanj District. The catchment area at the dam is 153 sqm. The dam consists of an earth dam of length 2450m. The dam site is located at a longitude of 86-27'-30"E and latitude 21-31'-15"N. The live storage capacity of the darn is 2424 ha.m.. The Project was taken up during the year 1974 to provide irrigation of 49904 ha. in Khariff and 2400 ha. in Rabi. During supply of irrigation the distribution system was damaged to some extent, as a result the modernization of canal has been taken up under the financial assistance of World Bank WRCP (SIFT) and completed.

iii) Sunei irrigation Project:

Sunei irrigation Project is constructed across river Sunei near village Salchua under Kaptipada Block in Mayurbhanj district. It is located at a latitude of 21-28'-00"N and longitude of 86-28'-00"E. The project was constructed to provide irrigation to an ayacut of 6805 ha. in Mayurbhanj district and 2120 ha. in Balasore district during khariff and 5200 ha. in Rabi both the revenue districts of Mayurbhanj & Balasore. The catchment at dam site is 227.00 sqm. The total length of the dam is 2134m. and height of the dam is 30.00m. The total length of the distributary, minors & Sub-minors is 203.687km. The improvement of the canal was taken up during the financial year 1997-98 through NABARD funding under RIDF-II and completed.

3) Brief History and Background of the Establishment:

Mayurbhanj Irrigation Division was created in the year 1983 under Baripada irrigation Circle for effective maintenance of these three completed Medium Irrigation Projects as well as river embankments (TRE) in the lower basin of rivers Subarnarekha, Budhabalanga and minor tributaries in the revenue district of Mayurbhanj.

4) Organization Charts.

5) Allocation of Business:

In the aforementioned administrative set up of the Chief Engineer & Basin Manager, the business of the Division is allocated in the following manner.

At the apex, the Chief Engineer & Basin Manager Subarnarekha & Budhabalanga Basin, being the controlling Officer is responsible to the Governor in the Department of Water Resources as well as Engineer-in-Chief Water Resources for the efficient administration and exercises his administrative, financial and professional control over public works taken up in these six completed Medium Irrigation Projects. He will exercise full technical and supervisory control over all the subordinates officers. He will prepare annually the portion of the budget estimates relating to the establishment and works under his control. Similarly, Chief Engineer, Flood Control & Basin Manager, Lower Mohanadi Basin exercises identical powers relating to the works in the river embankments (TRE). Bellow the rank of Chief Engineer & Basin Manager, the Superintending Engineer, Baripada Irrigation Circle, Baripada is responsible to the Chief Engineer & Basin Manager for the administrative general and professional control of all the public works entrusted to the Officers within his circle.

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