Former Nabarangpur BJP MP Parsuram Majhi has alleged that the diversion of Indravati water to Kalahandi district would create water crisis in Nabarangpur district.
Addressing the media a day after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik unveiled a mega lift irrigation project in Kalahandi, Majhi said the State Government is neglecting the interest of the farmers of the
Nabarangpur district who are entitled to get water from river
Indravati. The Government has been using Indravati water from Nabarangpur for irrigation project in neighbouring district. On the other hand , local farmers are deprived of the river water for irrigation, he claimed.
He further said the State Government had
planned to implement five irrigation projects here but not a single project has been started yet. If the Government failed to start an
irrigation project here soon, the BJP would take to the streets, Majhi warned.
Among others, district BJP president Jagadish.Bisoyi and senior party leader Jhadeswar Khadanga were present.
