To ensure proper use and conservation of water in Haryana, a natural valuable resource, underground water pipeline has been laid down in an area of 73,516 hectares during the period of November 2014 to March 2016 at a cost of Rs 116.29 crore in the State.
Similarly, sprinkler sets has been provided in an area of 33,245 hectares at a cost of Rs. 26.79 crore in the form of subsidy during the period from November 2014 to March 2016, said an official spokesman.
Apart from this, 5,005 applications for sprinkler set have been uploaded through online system in this current financial year 2016-17 for which work is in progress, said he.
Also, as many as 1,745 bio gas plants have been commissioned for farmer families in the state by providing subsidy at the rate of Rs. 8,000 to Rs 9,000 for each plant under the bio gas scheme, from November 2014 to July 2016. A target of 1,000 plants has been fixed for the financial year 2016-17, he said.
The spokesman said that the total food grain production during 2015-16 went up to 163.74 lakh tonnes as compared to 152.36 lakh tonnes during the year 2014-15.