Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that full benefits of completed schemes should be taken for maximum utilization of Narmada water in Madhya Pradesh. The pace of work on the under-construction projects should be increased. The officers of the department should visit the project areas regularly to get information about the works. The works in progress should be completed with the goal of completing them within the time limit. If there is a delay in the implementation of any project and there is no valid reason for it, then the responsibility of the concerned agency and officers should be fixed.
Chouhan was reviewing the works of Narmada Valley Development Department in Mantralaya on Thursday.
Minister of State for Narmada Valley Development Shri Bharat Singh Kushwaha, Chief Secretary Shri Iqbal Singh Bains and senior officials were present. It was informed in the meeting that in the year 2020-21, the works of five projects Narmada-Malwa Gambhir, Ujjaini-Dewas-Ujjain Pipeline Scheme, Upper Beda Right Bank Canal, Harsud Micro Lift Irrigation Project and Omkareshwar Canal Phase-4 have been completed. The target is to create additional irrigation potential of six lakh hectares in the next three years.