The Haryana Government has prepared a detailed plan for re-modelling of the canal system across the State in a bid to make irrigation water available right up to the tail-ends of canals.
Haryana Irrigation Minister, OP Dhankar informed the State Assembly here that in this direction, lift irrigation projects worth `143 crore have been started in the southern parts of the State with NABARD’s help.
Dhankar was replying to a question raised by Indian National lok Dal (INlD) MlA, Parminder Singh Dhull, regarding desiltation of the Hansi branch canal during the Question Hour on the second and final day of the brief Winter Session of the Assembly.
He said that the BJP Government is carrying out the work of cleaning all canals on a priority basis. Approval has been given for 10 projects worth `30.45 crore, especially in the Julana Assembly constituency in Jind district.
The Irrigation Minister informed the House that a `300-crore pilot project in the second phase of canal enhancement had been prepared under which enhancement of lift irrigation projects of Bhalot branch in Mahendergarh, Rewari, Jhajjar and Bhiwani district would be carried out.
Asked about supplying water to Badhda in Bhiwani district and various distributaries in the loharu Assembly constituency by the Congress MlA, Kiran Choudhry, through a supplementary question, Dhankar said that there were a total of 112 tail-ends in Bhiwani district out of which water had been supplied to 78 tail-ends.
On the initiative of the present State Government, water has been supplied to 270 tail-ends, and these include some tail-ends where water was never supplied in the last 20 years, he told the Congress MlA.