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2.3 OPPORTUNITIES:
Untapped water resources
The balance of groundwater potential available in the district is 76,159. the present
stage of development is 21.1%. In order to exploit 65% of the groundwater potential, it will
sustain 17,697 dugwells, 1893 sanitary wells 45 deep wells, & 325 RLPs. This potential
provides huge opportunity to increase the area under irrigation and solve the drinking water
problem of all parts of the district.
Availability of technical institutions
The district has the distinction of having reputed technical and vocational institutions
such as polytechnic colleges, pharmacy, engineering colleges, ITIs and computer training
institutions. They provide the good background for capacity building and human resource
development.
Vibrant SHG movement
The district has a privilege of having a very vibrant SHG movemet and a well
structured and time tested federation of SHGs in the form of D’MASS and B’MASS. As on
date there are 17431 SHG groups with nearly 32 crores of saving and 67 crores of credit
linkage. They can become medium of social mobilization and social engineering badly
required for making the government programe a success.
Tourism potential
Ganjam district has always have a special place in the hearts of tourists all over India
due to exotic beaches at Gopalpur, Patisonpur. However hot water geezers at the beautiful
Taptapani, Taratarini, Bhairavi temples, Chilika and Tampara Lake have tremendous potential
to come up as leading tourist destinations in the country.
Socio- cultural equity
Ganjam people are known everywhere as hard working and enterprising. They are
amenable to any forward looking ideas. This makes them valuable asset for any intervention.
Due to intermingling of Andhra and Orissa culture in Ganjam the society is very vibrant.
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