Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan assured a group of peasants on Saturday that the farmers’ welfare would not be sacrificed on opposition from a few people. Chief Minister Chouhan told to a group of farmers meeting him at his residence on Saturday that the welfare of the farmers is on top priority of State Government. Their interests would not be sacrificed due to unscrupulous opposition of few people, he added.
Chief Minister assured them that State Government will not leave any stone unturned to help them. He said that irrigation water from Omkareshwar dam project would help farmers to take summer crop of cotton, chilli, moong and vegetables. With this, they will be able to compensate their losses due to untimely rains. This group of farmers from command area of Indira Sagar, Omkareshwar project expresses thanks to the Chief Minister for providing irrigation water for summer crops.
The Chief Minister heard each of them and said that constructive suggestions from the farmer's community would be taken care of. He said that Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar project would prove boon to the agriculture. Indira Sagar project would provide 2.70 lakh Hectare and Omkareshwar project would provide 2.83 lakh Hectare annual irrigation. The State Government is committed to extend full benefits of irrigation potential to the land of command areas in earliest possible time, he added.
Chouhan said that State Government is fully sensitive towards the project affected families. A special package of Rs225 crore had been sanctioned for Omkareshwar reservoir affected families, besides, the benefits provided in rehabilitation policy, he added.