During a meeting at Mantralaya, Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav emphasized the urgent need to enhance access to drinking water and irrigation facilities for the state's citizens. He underscored the importance of timely project completion and urged departmental officers to maintain continuous oversight of the initiatives.
Dr. Yadav also emphasized the importance of advancing projects in the renewable energy sector. Notable updates from the meeting included projections that the state's irrigation capacity would exceed one crore hectares within the next five years.
Additionally, the floating solar power plant at Omkareshwar, with an initial capacity of 50 MW out of 250 MW, would soon commence energy production. The meeting was attended by Water Resources Minister Tulsi Silavat and Chief Secretary Veera Rana, among others.
Upon receiving district-wise data on irrigation percentages from government sources, Dr. Yadav instructed officials to expedite the implementation of irrigation schemes in districts where current irrigation rates are comparatively low. It was informed in the meeting that currently irrigation is being done in 41.10 lakh hectare area in the state through the Water Resources Department. Narmada Valley Development Department is irrigating 8.85 lakh hectare area, thus a total area of ??50 lakh hectare is irrigated. Upon completion of the irrigation schemes under construction in the state, the irrigation area of ??the Water Resources Department will increase by 23.66 lakh hectares and that of the Narmada Valley Development Department by 43.21 lakh hectares. If these schemes are completed in the next 5 years, the irrigation capacity of the state will exceed 93 lakh hectares.