As part of its ongoing pursuit to bring Bundelkhand region at par with the developed regions within the country, the Uttar Pradesh government has completed all the projects of three out of six departments under the third phase of the Bundelkhand package and is working to complete the projects of the remaining departments, earmarked for the year 2023-2024.
With the aim to bring Bundelkhand into the mainstream of development, the Yogi Adityanath government has approved Rs 225 crore to complete the projects of various departments. The government will also use a total of Rs 116.72 crore, including surplus money of Rs 60.70 crore of the departments, for the development of Bundelkhand region.
Recently, the Bundelkhand package was reviewed by Chief Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra and approval was granted on the proposals of the Animal Husbandry, Agriculture, Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply departments.
The chief secretary also approved Rs 103.16 crore for a dairy plant of one lakh litre per day capacity in Banda of the Cooperative Dairy Development Board.
Additionally, approval of Rs 43.56 crore was given for the incomplete works of the Broiler Rearing Scheme for women’s empowerment. Similarly, Rs 17.14 crore was sanctioned for construction of check dams, modernisation of ponds and blast wells in Bundelkhand under Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply schemes.
Apart from this, the Agriculture department approved Rs 42.79 crore for water harvesting check dam and multipurpose farm pond project.
Under the third phase of the Bundelkhand package, works of Rs 65 crore and Rs 25 crore have been completed in the Horticulture and Agriculture departments respectively. Projects of Irrigation and Water Resources department worth more than Rs 255 crore have also been completed.
Besides, two works worth more than Rs 55 crore of the Livestock department have been completed, while a project worth Rs 44 crore has been approved.
Furthermore, Rs 247 crore has already been spent on three projects related to Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply department, which would be completed with an additional investment of Rs 16.5 crore. Besides, Rs 107 crore has been spent on projects related to milk development and a capacity expansion plan is also being prepared.
In all, Rs 917 crore was approved for various projects in the third phase, out of which Rs 756 crore has been spent while more than Rs 100 crore has been saved by the departments.