Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that uninterrupted 24-hour power supply will be started in Harda district by May-end. Expenditure of Rs11,000 crore is estimated on this ambitious scheme of the State Government.
The Chief Minister said that irrigation facility has been provided in 87 per cent agriculture land in Harda district. With availability of power and adequate irrigation water, farmers in Harda district will be able to take third crops in a year also. Crops of moong have been sown in the larger areas of Harda district. As a result, it has gone ahead of Punjab and Haryana in agriculture growth.
The Chief Minister stated this while laying foundation stone of 'Narmada Setu' over Narmada River at village Chhota Chheepaner in Timarni tehsil of the district today. MP Jyoti Dhurve and MlAs Sanjay Shah, Kamal Patel and Vishwas Sarang were present on the occasion.
It is noteworthy that a scheme is being implemented to ensure all-weather traffic between Harda and Bhopal by constructing a 840 meter long and 28 feet high bridge over Narmada river between Chooti Chheepaner in Harda district and Bada Chheepaner in Sehore district. The bridge will cost over Rs20 crore. Construction of the bridge will open the third alternative route of shortest distance between Harda and Bhopal.
The bridge will be completed in about two and a half years. For this, bridges and culverts as well as 30 kilometer long two-lane road costing about Rs38 crore have been constructed from Harda to Chhoti Chheepaner. Distance between Harda and Bhopal will be curtailed by about 20 kilometers after construction of this road.
Besides, Narmada bridge, the Chief Minister also inaugurated and laid foundation stone of 3 proposed other schemes. He inaugurated 5.30 kilometer long Harda-Ranhai road, 1.70 km long Magardha-Kukrawad road and 2.34 km long Chheepaner-Chichot Kuti road and two additional rooms constructed in science lab of Government High School, Chheepaner. The Chief Minister laid foundation stone of 13.50 km long road between Tajpura and Jalauda, 5.35 km long Khirakiya-Morgarhi-Kukdapani road and 8.45 km long between Jamookho and Gomgaon.
The CMsaid that intention behind supplying power for 24 hours is to boost state's economy. He said that farmers have been given facility to pay electricity bill at the flat rate of Rs1200 per hectare per year and that too in two installments.