The State Government has approved Rs 6.35 crore for setting up irrigation projects in Narayanapur, Jashpur, Surguja and Bijapur, officials informed.
The projects when commissioned will help irrigate 348 hectares of land.
The State Government has approved Rs 52 crore for various irrigation projects including other similar projects related to irrigational activities, officials informed.
The State Water Resources Department already is gearing up to inaugurate and also lay foundation of 72 irrigation projects worth nearly Rs 1400 crore in Chhattisgarh during the next two months, officials informed.
It may be recalled that Chief Minister Raman Singh has been invited for inauguration and foundation laying of these projects.
Under the special campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to double the income of farmers, micro irrigation schemes are being focussed upon in Chhattisgarh, so that the policy of each drop more crop could be materialized in order to boost agriculture production further.
With this objective, Water Resources Department has started preparing for inauguration-foundation laying of 72 small irrigation projects worth more than Rs 1400 crore.