A meeting of Major Projects Control Board chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday sanctioned two projects in Tikamgarh and Mandsaur districts. These projects will irrigate about 96,400 hectares. At Bansujara project's left bank main canal, reserve weir would be constructed and water will be taken to farmers' fields under micro irrigation system through high pressure underground pipelines. This project will irrigate 75,000 hectares in 211 villages in three tehsils of Tikamgarh district including Baldevgarh, Khargapur and Jatara. It will benefit 48,000 families. Similarly, farmers' fields will be irrigated under micro irrigation system by high pressure underground pipelines through lift irrigation from Gandhi Sagar dam and Rewa barrage. This project will irrigate 21,400 hectares in Bhanpura and Garoth tehsils of Mandsaur district. Water Resources AND Public Relations Minister Narottam Mishra, Agriculture Minister Gaurishankar Bisen, Chief Secretary Anthony DeSa, ACS Finance AP Shrivastava, ACS Water Resources RS Julaniya, ACS Narmada Valley Development Rajneesh Vaish, Agriculture Production Commissioner PC Meena and Secretary to CM Hari Ranjan Rao attended the meeting.