Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan opened the first phase of the ambitious Narmada-Malwa-Gambhir Link Project of Malwa region at Depalpur of Indore district on Thursday.
The project will create an irrigation command area of 50,775 hectare in Indore and Ujjain district.
Lok Sabha Speaker Mahajan while addressing the Krishak Samvad programme organized on the occasion of dedication function said that the dreams of the Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee are being realised by the state government in Madhya Pradesh.
The river linking campaign is a part of the Atal Ji’s dreams. The Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has taken steps forward for the prosperity of the state by realizing the dreams of Atal Ji.
CM Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh will be made poverty free state.
The Mukhya Mantri Jan-Kalyan (Sambal) Yojana is being implemented at the war footing in order to realise this goal.
This scheme will bring prosperity in life of poor families of all sections of the society without any discrimination.
He informed that work on Narmada-Parvati and Narmada-Kalisindh project is being started now for the prosperity of Malwa region.
He further informed farmers that soybean will not be sold less than Rs. 3400 per quintal in Madhya Pradesh at any cost.
Members of Legislative Assembly Manoj Patel and Ramesh Mendola, President of district Panchayat Kavita Patidar, Vice President Gopal Chowdhary, Chairman of Laghu Udyog Nigam Babu Singh Raghuvanshi, Chairman of Civil Supplies Corporation Devraj Singh Parihar. Former MLA Jeetu Jirati, Chairman of Indore Premier CO-Operative Bank Umanarayan Patel, other public representatives and farmers in large number were present on the occasion.