Haryana Government has taken up the work of development of Kotla lake in district Mewat in two phases for the utilization of the surplus flood water of river Yamuna for irrigation, drinking and recharging of the depleting groundwater.
The work of first phase has been taken up at a cost of Rs 17 crore and will be completed by December, 2015.
A spokesman of the Irrigation and Water Resources department said that for the second phase, 108 acres of land has been acquired at a cost of Rs 51 crore and excavation work is in progress. The work of second phase will also be completed by March, 2016. He said that after completion, the project will provide irrigation to about 27,000 acre area besides recharging ground water.
The spokesman said that construction of Naiwala Kharif channel off-taking at R.D. 22,000 of Ghaggar-Bani-Sadeva link channel costing about Rs 57 crore has been taken up in district Sirsa to utilize the available Ghaggar water during rainy season for irrigation and recharging of ground water. The channel is likely to be completed by March, 2016.
He said that as a first step towards realizing the vision of the State Government ‘Har Khet Ko Panni’, a project of improving capacity of various pump houses and canals of the Jawarhar lal Nehru (JlN) lift irrigation system costing Rs 143 crore has been prepared. The project would be taken up in a phased manner.