The State Water Resources Department has sanctioned Rs44.50 crore for Nakbar Diversion Irrigation Scheme in Bagicha block of Jashpur district.
On completion, this project will facilitate water supply to 1700 hectares of land in the Kharif season and 200 hectares of land in the Rabi season, officials informed.
In this way, the scheme will expand irrigation facility in 1900 hectares area.
It may be recalled that the Central Government had approved 39 projects under the first phase of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) of which three belong to Chhattisgarh.
The information was disclosed during the fourth meeting of National Advisory Committee meeting headed by State Water Resources and Agriculture Minister Brijmohan Agrawal in New Delhi recently.
The meeting was also attended by Irrigation Ministers from Telangana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, J&K, Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Briefing about Chhattisgarh, Agrawal said the three sanctioned state projects include Maniyari lining, Kelo and Kharang Water Projects. The irrigational facilities of the State will increase upto 1.5 lakh hectare due to these projects.
Sharing information about the next phase projects of Chhattisgarh, Agrawal mentioned the proposal for Ravishankar Sagar Project, Minimata Bango Project, Jonk Diversion Scheme and Shivnath Diversion Yojana.
The Centre has also given nod to the construction of National Hydrology Project in Chhattisgarh, said the Minister.
The budget of this project is around Rs 80 crore wherein the entire amount will be provided to the State by the Central Government, he said.
Various irrigation schemes of the State will be managed through computerized method under this project, Agrawal said.
Interestingly, the Chhattisgarh Government has marked an achievement by increasing the irrigation facilities of the State from 24 percent to 36 percent since its inception.The Chhattisgarh Government has prepared a blueprint to double the income of farmers in the next six years by 2020, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi last month.
The Prime Minister observed a presentation made by Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh at a high-level meeting chaired by the former in New Delhi.
Singh in his detailed presentation said that State had made short-term and long-term projects to increase the incomes of farmers. He said under the Prime Minister Farm Irrigation Scheme the State had made schemes worth Rs 54,931 crore to be implemented soon.
The Chief Minister provided details of water conservation projects under the MGNREGA during the past decade in Chhattisgarh. Several important local projects had been completed.
Chief Minister Raman Singh in April this year had asked the Water Resources Department officials to prepare a blueprint of irrigation schemes to be completed in a time-bound manner and submit the same to the State Government at the earliest.
“The Chief Minister was addressing a meeting of the Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and In-charge Secretaries of all districts.
Meanwhile, the Water Resource Department has also sanctioned Rs 5. 62 crore for Batparga Irrigation Scheme in Udaipur block of Surguja district.
On completion, this scheme will provide water supply for irrigation of 150 hectares of land in Kharif season and 80 hectares of land in Rabi season. In this way, irrigation facility will be expanded in 230 hectares area.