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To ensure supply of canal water to farmers at the tail-end in Punjab, the state Water Resources Minister Bram Shanker Jimpa on Wednesday directed the Department’s officials to plug all illegal water outlets, besides repairing all the altered outlets, before the commencement of paddy season.
The Minister, holding a meeting with Department officials and AAP MLAs Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy from Jalalabad, Sarvan Singh Dhun from Khemkaran, and Narinder Pal Singh Sawna from Fazilka, also asked the officials to bring the altered outlets back to their original size.
Directions were also issued to complete the cleaning and repair work of minors and distributaries well-before the beginning of the paddy season.
Jimpa also ordered the officials to complete the work of repair or cleaning of Arniwala minor, Bhagsar, Ladhuka, Mamdot, Laxman, Barkatwah, and Saizwah at the earliest so that farmers would not have to face any hardship for sowing of paddy crop.
Taking a strict note of reports regarding canal water theft, the Minister instructed the officials to conduct surprise inspections to prevent this illegal practice so that the tail-end farmers would also get adequate share of canal water.