Minister for Public Relations, Water Resources and Parliamentary Affairs Narottam Mishra holds discussions about irrigation projects with the officers of water resources department at a review meeting today. He directed chief engineers posted at the department to conduct intensive tours in their respective areas in the month of October.
Mishra said that laxity should not be happened in arrangements being made for Rabi irrigation. For this chief engineers should get constant information from their subordinates about the activities undertaken in irrigation area. Moreover, arrangements for regular monitoring should be made in the department.
He stated that implementation should be speeded up whether water is to be provided through canals to the fields of the farmers proposals to make departmental water resources more efficient. He said that the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has given priority to the welfare of the farmers in the state. Because of this, increase has been made in the irrigation command area in the last 11 years. Madhya Pradesh has bagged several awards in the agriculture sector. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also given mantra of ‘Per Drop More Crop’. Under this, water is to be used judiciously to get more production. More efforts should be undertaken by the departmental officers for progress in the irrigation sector of the state.
Principal Secretary Water Resources Pankaj Agarwal informed about increase in irrigation area through proposed and under way irrigation projects. Chief Engineer MG Choubey and other Officers were present in the meeting.