Panaji (Goa)

 The Water Resources Department today constituted six-member Task Force to identify the areas and suggest measures to improve the irrigation and agriculture yield in the State.

The Task Force will be headed by Chief Engineer Water Resources department (WRD).

The committee has to identify the areas which receive regular irrigation water and agriculture inputs, those which receive regular irrigation water but irregular agricultural inputs and also those area that receives irregular irrigation water but regular agricultural inputs.

Areas which can be identified as potential for supply of regular irrigation water and agricultural inputs are also to be identified by the task force, which can constitute taluka level team for assistance.

The task force has to suggest means to provide required supply of irrigation water and agriculture inputs for increasing the area under agriculture and enhance the yield of crops in the State.It has to also suggest measures for improvement in irrigation and agriculture keeping in mind the technological advances in vogue and if necessary suggest schemes for implementation,” he said.

 The Task Force has to submit its recommendations to the Government within six months.