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It will draw water from the Mahanadi.Similarly, GVPR Engineers Ltd would execute one project worth Rs 386 crore in Malkangiri district that would irrigate 12,964 hectares. The four LI projects are expected to be completed in three years, said an official source.The state government has so far taken up 170 LI projects since 2011-12 under the mega lift project covering 22 districts. BHUBANESWAR: Few months before the polls, the cabinet on Friday approved four mega lift irrigation (LI) projects and two rural piped water supply projects worth Rs 2,600 crore.While the drinking water projects would benefit around six lakh people in rural areas in six blocks of Nabarangpur and Boudh districts, the LI projects would irrigate more than 50,000 hectares of poorly irrigated areas in nine districts.“The state government aims to provide safe drinking water to every household. Out of this, 67 projects have already been completed and have created irrigation facilities in more than 77,000 hectares. Both the projects are expected to be completed in 24 months, said Padhi.As the mega lift project programme, launched in 2011-12, is one of its successful initiatives to create irrigation potential for farm land, the cabinet approved four more LI projects..