Govt advisory panel for Tillari project constituted

PANAJI: The Goa government has constituted a 20-member command area development (CAD) board as per the Goa Command Area Development Act, 1997, to advise it in all matters pertaining to command area development of Tillari irrigation project.
The board will be headed by water resources minister Dayanand Mandrekar as chairman and will include other government officials.
The total land under the Goa-Maharashtra joint irrigation (command area) of Tillari irrigation is projected at 2,599 ha in Bicholim and 3,501 ha in Pernem (total 6,100 ha), as on March 2009. tnn