Name of the Office:

Asst.Soil conservation Officer, Balasore (since inception upto 18.04.2012) and then Deputy Director,Soil Conservation-cum-Project Director Watersheds, Balsore.

Date of inception at Balasore:

Dt.23.04.19964 as Asst. Soil conservation Officer, Balasore, and from Dt 19.04.2012 as Project Director, Watersheds, Balasore

Activities and Responsibilities:

  • Project Director, Watersheds, Balasore being the head of office and District Head monitors all the works under different schemes centrally. some of his activities and responsibilities are proper implementation of all schemes as per guideline,timely achievment of target,submission of U.C. and report returns to the Directorate and Goverment level including submission of Annual Action Plan and new proposals for need based activities of the District
Staff Position as per Hierarchy
Sl.NoName of the postsSactioned StrengthActual men in position
01Deputy Director Soil Conservation0101
02A.D.S.C.0201
03A.S.C.O0603
04Asst. Engineer0101
05Soil Conservation Overeer0804
06Section Officer0100
07Sr. Asst.0403
08Jr. Asst.0302
09Tracer0101
10Soil Cons. Ext. Worker236
11Driver0200
12Amin0100
13Soil Cons. Demos.0400
14Peon0200
15Soil Cons. attend.0303
16Chain Man0200
17Choukidar0100
18Sweeper0100

Name of the Govt. programme implementing:

  1. Pradhan Mantir Krishi Sichayi Yojana-Other Interventio(PMYSY-OI)
  2. Ranifed Area Development(RAD)
  3. Mahatma Gandi National Rural Employement Gurantee Act(MGNREGSA)
  4. Unit Other Charges in PDC,Panapana

Name Of PIO:

Sri Rasmi Ranjan Patra,ASCO Head Quarter

Special Other then Above:

Directorate of Soil conservation came to its independent existence since 1978.The officers/staff started working dedicatedly all over the staye including remote places.Soil conservations activiites like,soil erosion control,Plantation in brren/waste land and river basin,increaseing grounf water table by creation of Water Harvesting Structures(WHS) and Other Intervations like Chek dam,Diversion weir,earhen bund,dugwell,grade bund,Loose Boulder Structure etc. become very effective in reducing thevelocity of the surface run-off resulting in checking of soil erosion,recharge of ground water table and enhancing irrigation potential.