Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that every drop of Narmada water allocated to the State should be utilised. Concerning works should be completed within prescribed time-limit. Chouhan reviewed activities of Narmada Valley Development Department here on Friday.
Revenue Minister Rampal Singh, Minister of State for Narmada Valley Development lal Singh Arya and Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa were also present on the occasion.
The Chief Minister apprised himself of utilisation of Narmada water. He reviewed the progress of works project-wise. It was informed that a target has been set to irrigate 64.75 lakh hectares in the State with Narmada water by year 2024. Accordingly, irrigation projects have been constructed and are under construction to irrigate 42.95 lakh hectares.
Structures for remaining 21.80 lakh hectares are proposed. Of these, Narmada Valley Development Authority has chalked out projects for irrigation in more than 19 lakh hectares. Under which, irrigation projects have been constructed and are under construction for 8.45 lakh hectares. Irrigation projects are proposed for remaining 10.56 lakh hectares.
Similarly, Water Resources Department has chalked out irrigation projects for 45.74 lakh hectares. Of these, irrigation projects have been constructed and are under construction for 34.50 lakh hectares. Irrigation projects are proposed for remaining 11.24 lakh hectares.
The meeting was informed that 15,000 hectares irrigation capacity Man project, 9 thousand hectare capacity Jobat project, about 10,000 hectare capacity Upper Veda and 35,000 hectare capacity Punasa lift irrigation project have been completed in the state. Kathora irrigation project is in final stage. It was also informed that irrigation was undertaken for the first time in tailend areas of Indira Sagar canal in Barwani district and from Omkareshwar project canal in Kukshi in Dhar district.
ACS Water Resources RS Julaniya, ACS Narmada Valley Development Rajneesh Vaish and other senior officers also attended the meeting.