Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar on Thursday directed that pond cleansing project should be started on a pilot basis to improve the natural reservoir in Kaithal’s Keorak village, which has been adopted by him under Vidhayak Adarsh Gram Yojna.
Khattar had adopted village Keorak in the year 2015 to develop it as ‘adarsh village’.
The Chief Minister held a meeting with representatives of Koenders Water Solutions-21stCentury Ventures India Private limited who gave a presentation on their first-ever natural pond cleansing and beautification project.
During the meeting, Khattar directed that pond cleansing project in Keorak village be started on a pilot basis to improve the condition of the natural reservoir. Company representatives were told to start work on the pond located in the middle of the village for renewal of the health of its water. Going by the success rate of the project, the government would think in terms of replicating the model in ponds in other districts under the Mahagram Yojana in the state, he said.
As per the census 2011, Keorak village adopted by the Chief Minister had population of 14051 of which 7642 are males while 6409 are females. The children with age 0-6 years were 1887 which makes up 13.43 percent of total population of village. The average sex ratio of Keorak village is 839 which was lower than Haryana state average of 879.