Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday told the officials concerned to make the Narmada-Kshipra water supply project a model scheme and to carry out the ‘School chalen abhiyan’ as a social cause.
Chouhan issued instructions in this regard while reviewing the Narmada-Kshipra link project and preparations for the ‘School chalen abhiyan’ here at the State Mantralaya.
Chouhan said, “The Narmada-Kshipra link project should be developed in such a way that it should be presented as an example before the country. Make plan to supply water through this scheme for drinking, irrigation and industrial use.”
Chouhan instructed that all necessary arrangements should be made for pollution control under the Narmada-Kshipra link project. World level infrastructure should be made under the project. “The junction of Narmada-Kshipra at Ujjain and Ramghat located at Ujjain should be beautified and developed keeping in mind tourism. Comprehensive plan should be made for the villages and cities in which water is to be supplied through the project,” he added.
The officials informed the Chief Minister that potable water would be made available in three thousand villages and seventy-two cities under the scheme besides industries located in Pithampur and Dewas would be supplied water under the scheme.
Plans are also afoot for making micro irrigation scheme to provide water for agriculture and horticulture purposes under the scheme, besides making plans to contain pollution in the Kshipra river that gets polluted by the urban and industrial sources. Treatment plant would be installed at Dewas, Indore and Ujjain for stopping the flow of water of Khan river into Kshipra.
The Chief Minister also reviewed the preparations for the ‘School chalen abhiyan’ and told the officials to make it a social cause. People’s participation should be ensured at every level of this drive, he added.
“School chalen abhiyan’ would be launched in the state from June 16 and would come to an end on July 15,” he added.