Plan to remodel canal system, says Irrigation Minister

CHANDIGARH: Irrigation Minister OP Dhankar said in the Assembly today during question hour that a detailed plan had been prepared for re-modelling the canal system in the state in a phased manner to make irrigation water available to every field and ensure water supply to the tail-ends of canals.

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 1

Irrigation Minister OP Dhankar said in the Assembly today during question hour that a detailed plan had been prepared for re-modelling the canal system in the state in a phased manner to make irrigation water available to every field and ensure water supply to the tail-ends of canals. In this direction, lift irrigation projects worth Rs 143 crore had been started in southern Haryana with the help of NABARD.

He was replying to a question raised by INLD MLA Parminder Singh Dhull regarding desiltation of the Hansi branch canal on the second and concluding day of the winter session today.

Dhankar said that the work of desiltation of Hansi branch from burji number 60,000 to 84,000 was not carried out properly by the previous governments. The present government was carrying out the work of cleaning all canals on a priority basis. Approval has been given for 10 projects worth Rs 30.45 crore, especially in the Julana Assembly constituency in Jind district.

Asked about supplying water to Badhda in Bhiwani district and various distributaries in the Loharu Assembly constituency by Congress MLA, Kiran Choudhry, Dhankar said there were 112 tail-ends in Bhiwani district out of which water had been supplied to 78. On the initiative of the present state government, water had been supplied to 270 tail-ends, include some where water was never supplied in the last 20 years.

Industries Minister Capt. Abhimanyu said that due to the wrong policies pursued by the previous government, the state could not achieve much industrial growth. Soon after coming to power, the present government brought out a white paper on the economic condition of the state, which revealed shocking facts.

“The state government has implemented the new Enterprises Promotion Policy-2015, under which priority would be given to industrial development in those areas which were neglected by the previous governments,” he said.