Punjab Government on Sunday said that installation work of 280 tubewells in the sub-mountainous areas of Kandi has been put on fast track.
The project entailing financial outlay of Rs 130.06 crore would rejuvenate the entire irrigation network of the “backward area” by providing better irrigation facilities to the farmers, said the State Irrigation Minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon, adding that it would change the economic profile of backward Kandi area by March 2015.
The State Government has already approved 45 tubewell connections whereas 183 tube-wells have been drilled and 171 have been repaired till May 31.
The Minister said that Punjab Water Resources Management and Development Corporation was providing enhanced irrigation facilities in various parts of the state and expediting the work for more than 1500 tubewells out of which 650 were installed in Kandi and 850 in other areas.
Dhillon said that tubewells were irrigating 1.90 lakh acres of land at Rs 1 per unit cost in the Kandi area and Rs 1.60 in terms of electricity consumption.
He added that State Government was committed to provide adequate irrigation facility to the farmers of the state and emphasised on the proper implementation of policies and schemes of the Government.