About OCTDMS
The Orissa Community Tank Development & Management Society (OCTDMS) have been formed as a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) under the Department of Water Resources, Government of Orissa and to conceptualize and operationalize the World Bank assisted Orissa Community Tank Management Project (OCTMP) during the year 2006 and is registered under the Societies Registration Act 1860 at Bhubaneswar. The project envisages execution through primary and secondary institutions from the State Project Unit to the Community Level Groups with facilitation of Support Organization
Tank irrigation is one of the oldest methods of irrigation in Orissa. The State has 28,303 tanks approximately, including tanks of the Government and Private Sector (GoI, Minor Irrigation Census, 2001).
