Bhubaneswar: A comprehensive plan has been drawn up to ensure that the Mahanadi River retains water throughout the year, said Chandra Sekhar Padhi, Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources Department, while speaking at the Earth Again Conference organised by Sambad, which began on Monday in Bhubaneswar.

The session on second day of three-day event also featured Additional Secretary of the Water Resources Department Rashmi Ranjan Nayak. Both senior officials highlighted the Centre’s initiative ‘Per Drop More Crop ’, which aims to promote micro-irrigation and encourage farmers to use water efficiently — a responsibility largely entrusted to the Water Resources Department.

Elaborating on the department’s efforts, Padhi said,

“The Sukapaika river, a distributary of the Mahanadi that had complete

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