Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan performed Bhumi Poojan of the expansion project at village Waskel in Alirajpur district on Thursday. The project to be constructed by at a cost of Rs156.58 crore by Narmada Valley Development Authority will create 10,000 hectare irritation potential. The Chief Minister also dedicated a Rs19.81 crore project for supply of 27 lakh litres drinking water daily to Alirajpur city.
At Waskel, the Chief Minister announced to link all habitats of Alirajpur district with pucca roads and electricity lines in next 3 years, upgradation and increase in number of beds in sub-health centre to Nanpur Gram Panchayat, community hall and boundary of Mandi premises at Chhaktala Gram Panchayat, ashram shalas for boys and girls at village Fata and making available irrigation in 500 hectares again by renovating Vaigda lake and canals.
The Chief Minister said that the State Government will bear fee of all reserved class students who get admission in engineering, medical, ClAT and IIT. The Chief Minister administered pledge to people to send their children to school regularly.
The Chief Minister said that in view of uneven land, pipelines will be laid to reach water to every field through lift irrigation scheme. Its beginning has been made with Bhumi Poojan of Maa Narmada link lift Irrigation Project and Shaheed Chandrashekhar Azad micro irrigation expansion
project.
In-charge minister of the district and labour Minister Antar Singh Arya, MlA Nagar Singh Chouhan, district Panchayat President Anita Chouhan and Principal Secretary NVDA Rajneesh Vaish were also present.