Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has described 'Jalabhishekam' as a programme of national importance. Water is life and also the basis of the existence of the world. Doubling the income of farmers is the resolve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Water conservation works being done by the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan with public participation will be helpful in achieving this goal and building self-reliant Madhya Pradesh.
He paid tributes to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay on his death anniversary and said that the work of 'Jalabhishekam' fulfilling the goal of 'water for every farm and work for every hand' will prove to be helpful in the betterment of the village, the poor and farmers. MNREGA is one of the biggest schemes in the world and its importance has increased in the Covid era.
Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh was addressing a virtual launch program of more than 57,000 water structures constructed in the state under 'Jalabhishekam' campaign from New Delhi. Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Narendra Singh Tomar participated virtually in the program organized in the presence of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan at Minto Hall.