With the excavation of the primary tunnel of the Bansagar project now completed, the farmers of Vindhya will be empowered to cultivate Rabi crop in the off season, which will exponentially increase the earnings. The completion of the Bahuti Canal and Tunnel project promises to being prosperity to the farmers of Rewa and Satna regions.
“We have completed the excavation work. By June, we will have also completed the lining of the project. We are confident and proud to say that we will have full capacity to provide year round irrigation facility to the farmers before the onset of the next Rabi season,” said C M Tripathi, Executive Engineer, of the Bahuti Project.
With the massive success of the Bahuti Canal the Bansagar Multi-Purpose Irrigation Project, both sides of the tunnel are now connected and water will soon be distributed through it. This will facilitate the irrigation of over 65,000 hectares of land and thus directly benefit 3 lakh farmers across 5 tehsils of Rewa and 2 tehsils of Satna.