Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Tuesday dedicated Parasdoh dam constructed at a cost of Rs 72.37 crore at Multai in Betul and performed bhoomi-pujan of Parasdoh Micro Irrigation System project to be constructed at cost of Rs 206.49 crore and Ghatbirouli project at a cost of Rs 6.42 crore.
Member of Parliament Prabhat Jha, Chairman of Civil Supplies Corporation Hitesh Bajpai, Betul MP Jyoti Dhurve, MLA Betul Hemant Khandelwal and MLA Multai Chandrashekhar Deshmukh were present on the occasion.
Addressing the programme, Chief Minister Chouhan said that Multai has a distinct place in the State. He announced opening of a Government ITI soon for the development of technical skills of students and that Science subject will also be introduced.
He said that the farmers will not have to face any hardship in the sale of soyabean and they will also get fair price for it. He said that the farmers owning 5 acres of land will also be included in the Sambal Yojana.
Farmers will not have to worry about water in future as dams will be constructed wherever necessary.
Rabi irrigation will be carried out in about 9990 hectare agricultural land of Multai, Prabhatpattan, Athner and Betul development block in Multai.
With an increase/improvement in ground water level resulting from the project, there will be improvement in the environment also.
The Chief Minister announced to introduce MA course in the university besides construction of ITI building at Bheempur during the public meeting organised at Bhainsdehi.
MP Jyoti Dhurve, Bhainsdehi MLA Mahendra Singh Chouhan and public representatives were present during theprogramme.