Three years on, Changar area gets water under lift irrigation scheme

Anandpur Sahib, December 10

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Three years after laying of foundation stone of lift irrigation scheme by the then Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, residents of four villages in the Changar area have finally started getting water for irrigation purposes. Local MLA and Punjab Speaker Rana KP Singh inaugurated the first phase of Rs 100-crore scheme here today.

In absence of any source of water to irrigate their land, local farmers were dependent on rain and majority of them who also have dairies had to migrate to plains during summers due to paucity of water. It was on January 24, 2019 when acceding to their decade-old demand Capt Amarinder laid the foundation stone of the project. — TNS