Location

WALMI, Orissa is located at Pratapnagari, about 7 km. South of Cuttack and 17 km north of Bhubaneswar, the State capital. The permanent campus covers an area of 52 acres and an Institute Building with plinth area of 8000 square metres located on the banks of river Kuakhai, a distributary of River Mahanadi and adjacent to the conveyance system of Mahanadi Delta Stage II irrigation project.

To accomplish Training/Research and Consultancy activities WALMI has developed requisite infrastructures such as:

Lecture halls

There are 2 lecture halls each with a capacity to accommodate 80 farmers and 2 lecture halls each to accommodate 40 officers.

Auditorium

There is an Auditorium (A/C) with modern audio-visual equipments and P.A. System with a seating capacity of 250 persons.

Conference hall

An A/C conference hall (40 seated), well equipped with A/V teaching aids is there in the Institute for organizing conferences, workshops and trainings of senior level officers.

Yoga hall

Yoga classes are included in the orientation training programme for newly recruited A.Es and J.Es. For practical demonstration, one yoga hall has been earmarked.

Library

The Institute has a Central Library to accommodate 60 readers. It has more than 3000 Text Books, Journals, Training modules and other audio visuals teaching aids and is located in the center of the Institute.

Indoor Hydraulic Laboratory

To take up model study on different types of spillway and flow control structures with hands-on-practice for installation of measuring devices and their use, one indoor hydraulic laboratory has been developed.

Soil Testing Laboratory

Soil Testing Laboratory was primarily developed for practical demonstration of soil and water testing for agricultural purpose. However, this facility is now made open to the farmers for testing their soil and water samples.

Computer Cell

One computer laboratory has been established with 20 computers for imparting training on computer application in different fields related to water resources development and management and office management.

Transport facilities

There are a number of vehicles including two buses(30 seated each) for conducting field trips for the trainees.

Communication Facilities

Telephone, FAX and internet facilities are available for faster communication.

Hostel facilities

There are two nos. of hostels(Both bachelor & married) and 14 ‘C’-type quarters converted into hostel to accommodate 180 nos. of trainees including the office bearers of Pani Panchayat during the training period with all the facilities for lodging and boarding.

Experimental & Demonstration Farm

There is one experimental farm within the Institute to conduct field experiments and demonstrations on improvement of water use efficiency in different crops and development of water saving technology. Such technologies are demonstrated to the farmers, office bearers of Pani Panchayats and trainee officers in the Institute farm.

Residential Quarters

There are 170 residential quarters for different categories of WALMI staff starting from class-IV to senior class-I officers.