Harda will be 100 percent irrigated district

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Harda will be 100 percent irrigated district

Saturday, 30 September 2023 | Staff Reporter | BHOPAL

Harda district of Madhya Pradesh is going to become 100 percent irrigated district. The Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan laid the foundation and  dedicated and foundation laid for 122 works valuing at Rs 4 thousand 459 crore 62 lakh,

Morand and Ganjal Dam Project worth Rs 3 thousand 517 crore and Shaheed Ilapsingh Micro Lift Irrigation Project worth Rs 720 crore at the Kisan Sammelan in Harda. Morand Ganjal Irrigation Project will benefit 73 thousand 920 farmers of 201 villages of Harda, Narmadanuram and Khandwa and 64 thousand 111 hectares will be irrigated.

Shaheed Ilaap Singh Project will benefit 118 villages of Harda district and 26 thousand 898 hectares will be irrigated totalling 91,100 hectares in 319 villages. Chouhan was addressing the Kisan Sammelan in Harda.

Chouhan performed the bhoomi pujan of 42 roads and culverts costing Rs 266 crore and 22 rural roads and culverts costing Rs 44 crore. The Chief Minister dedicated 28 development works completed at a cost of Rs 11 crore 65 lakh, 12 tap water supply schemes completed at a cost of Rs 9 crore 29 crore and 16 works of Panchayat and rural development at a cost of Rs 2 crore 40 lakh in Harda.

Chouhan laid the foundation of 25 new works of Timarni Assembly, which include 4 roads, 7 new Anganwadi buildings and 13 other works to be built at a cost of more than Rs 26 crore. Chouhan also dedicated a college building built at a cost of Rs 33 lakh, tap water supply scheme built at a cost of Rs 20 lakh, Anganwadi building and roadways in village Sultanpur.

Chouhan said that on the resolution of Panchayat, Handia will be renamed as Nabhipatnam. Development works costing about Rs 5 crore will be carried out in the 5 new wards added in Harda.

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