The Minister of State for Narmada Valley Development, lal Singh Arya instructed officials concerned to maintain quality in the construction of canal network of Indira Sagar and Onkareshwar Irrigation Project.
The Minister stated this while inspecting sites of canal network of these projects. During his visit, the Minister warned that any substandard work quality would not be tolerated and action would be taken against responsible officers and construction agencies.
He also asked the chief engineers to complete these projects by its given time. He said that 65 per cent work of OSP Canal and more than 50 per cent work of ISP Canals have been completed. The remaining work of these projects must be completed by the end of financial year 2015-16.
He said that ISP Project would create irrigation potential of 1.23 lakh hectares while OSP Project would create irrigation potential of 1.47 lakh hectares. The benefit of these two ambitious projects should reach to the farmers as early as possible.
Accompanying the Minister, Principal Secretary of Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA), Rajnish Vaish explained the progress and future construction plan.
later, the Minister reviewed the progress and related construction issues in a meeting attended by chief engineers, superintendent engineers and executive engineers. He directed engineers to visit the construction site regularly and address the field problems so as to give pace to the work.
Arya said that he will continue to visit the project sites in future. He also visited the Narmada Kshipra link Project site and said engineers should leave no stoned unturned to achieve irrigation targets to boost the agriculture in the State as per the wishes of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.