Chhattisgarh legislative Assembly Speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal on Sunday laid foundation stone for works pertaining to renovation of Balar reservoir canal and lining work in Kasdol block of Raipur district.
The works to the tune of around Rs 26 crore will result in extension of irrigation facility in the region, officials stated.
The accomplishment of the renovation work will be providing additional irrigation facility to around 2000 hectares of land.
Addressing the foundation laying ceremony of developmental work, the Speaker said the developmental work is going to add a success chapter in history of Kasdol region.
The State government is taking numerous steps for uplifting living standard of farmers and also working on various schemes dedicated to farmers.
Meanwhile, he also pointed out the moves initiated by the State government in interest of farmers which include interest free loan, procurement of paddy on support price and provision of tabling separate budget in the State assembly for agriculture and other works.
Expressing gratitude towards Chief Minister Raman Singh and Water Resources Minister Brijmohan Agrawal, Speaker said completion of renovation work is going to benefit the entire area under the irrigation project which were earlier deprived of the facility due to seepage problem.
On the occasion, Agrawal also sanctioned financial assistance worth several lakhs of ruppes for various developmental works including construction of CC road, development of cremation ground, deepening of pond and others in the region.
Notably, Balar reservoir was constructed on Balar nullah under Kasdol block in Raipur. The medium irrigation project was completed in 1982. The key canal of the project is measuring around 21 km while minor and tributary canals are around 70 km. The irrigation capacity of the project is around 5567 hectare land spreading in at least 31 villages of Kasdol block.