Suryadhar project would develop a new tourist destination in the State which will help in employment generation for the youngsters of the area, said the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat while laying the foundation stone of Suryadhar reservoir at Shilla Ki Chowki, Thano in Doiwala on Monday.
The reservoir would be made with an estimated budget of Rs 48.53 crore. He said that the reservoir would be named after Gajendra Dut Naithani. The CM said that the project would be completed within three years and it will help in providing drinking water to 30 villages apart from irrigating 24 villages of the area.
He said that the project would provide gradient based drinking water to the Doiwala area and generate employment. The State of Uttarakhand spends a sum of Rs 225 crore every year to pump water from tube-wells and in Dehradun district alone an amount of Rs 65 Crore is spent; the Suryadhar project would save about Rs 7 Crore every year spent on providing electricity to tube-wells, he quipped. Rawat informed that an area of 2083 hectares would be provided irrigational facility from the project.
The programme was attended by BJP State General Secretary Naresh Bansal, state secretary Sunil Uniyal Gama, and Chief Engineer Irrigation department A K Dinkar and others.