Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Sunday said that public campaign will be launched for water conservation in the state to make people aware.
“Apart from this, all the ponds in the state will be filled with water and there would be no shortage of water in any area or house,” the Chief Minister said while interacting with mediapersons after laying foundation stones and inaugurating development works worth Rs 95 crore in Karnal.
He said that Haryana will get its share of water at any cost. Efforts are being made and the Central Government is aware that the water of India should not go to Pakistan, which will be useful in irrigation of large area of Haryana.
The Chief Minister said that a 20-kilometer new canal will be constructed by the Irrigation Department from Yamunanagar to MLL (Indri) and the water will be released in it and the canal will be merged in WJC.
According to the Central Government's plan, the work is under progress to make Karnal a smart city, he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is concerned about water conservation and he has called upon people of the country through ‘Mann Ki Baat’ that every person should conserve water for future. The State Government is also working in this direction, he added.
Manohar Lal further said that water conservation has become necessary for bright future. As many as 200 districts of the country have been declared as dark zone, of which 18 districts are of Haryana.
He said that farmers had also been requested to reduce paddy cultivation and adopting alternate farming. While saving water, the farmers of the state, instead of doing paddy cultivation, cultivated different crops on 40,000 hectares of land, he said.
For this, Manohar Lal has expressed gratitude to the farmers of the state.
He also said that the Haryana Government has also decided to provide free seed, Rs 2,000 and the amount of premium under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana to those farmers who have cultivated new crops. Apart from this, the government also decided to purchase new crop in its own mandis and farmers need not worry about it.
Efforts are being made to improve the water system in the state. About Rs 2,200 crore is being spent on cleaning and construction of canals, he added.
Earlier, Manohar Lal inaugurated various development works worth Rs 3.96 crore from the Panchayat Bhawan of Karnal. These included inauguration of seven entrance gates made by Municipal Corporation in the city at a cost of Rs 80.70 lakh, road from village Bansa to Jundala constructed by Marketing Board at a cost of over Rs 2.11 crore and road from village Jundala to Katalaheri at a cost of Rs 1.4 crore.
The Chief Minister also laid foundation stones of six development works to be constructed at a cost of Rs 91 crore, which included construction of community centre in Shiv Colony at a cost of Rs. 70 lakh, an entrance gate on Karnal to Indri turn in the memory of Aatm Manohar Muni Maharaj at a cost of Rs 67.69 lakh, work of water supply system under AMRUT scheme for the villages of Karnal city and adjoining villages at the cost of Rs 13 crore, work of roads and drains in various colonies of the city at a cost of about Rs 36 crore among others.