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Mission Kakatiya: Reviving tanks to their past glory!

A comprehensive video on Mission Kakatiya - the inspiration, objectives, benefits and execution. Over 46,000 tanks to be restored over a period of five years to provide irrigation source to about 25 lakh acres. As part of the Mission, activities like desiltation, repairing damaged sluices and weirs, restoring dilapidated tank bunds, stone revetments and plugging seepages are carried out. As per the ICRISAT study, application of silt on farm fields resulted in savings ranging from Rs 2,500 to Rs 3,750 on fertilisers and pesticides. And the yield of cotton increased by 1,000 kgs per hectare. In Phase-I of Mission Kakatiya, about 9,000 tanks have been restored during 2014-15. It is first of its kind initiative that attempts to integrate the aspects of livelihood, food security, cultural, environmental, technical, institutional and climate resilient components in a single mission!