Chief Minster Raghubar Das on Sunday laid foundation stone of Gavai Varaj, Chas and Khudia Weir scheme online from his residence. He said that the pending works of Water Resource Department are being done as the Government has decided to rejuvenate minor projects to irrigate big areas. These projects will benefit the farmers as they could not grow other crops due to lack of water. These projects will give them opportunity to work in the State and they need not move to other states, he said.
After completion of these `200.72 cr projects, 8836 hectare agricultural areas can be irrigated. This includes 4636 hectare land of 54 villages of Gavai Varaj and 4200 hectare land of 27 villages by Khudia Weir benefitting 2 lakh farmers.
Water Resource Development Minister Chandra Prakash Chuodhary, Sports Minister Amar Kumar Bauri, MlAs Phool Chand Mandal, Biranchi Narayan and people in big number were present on this occasion.