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| Tube well irrigation for Kandi areas likely: Mula Ram | | ‘Work on massive road net work in top gear in J&K’ | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Mar 23
The Jammu and Kashmir Government has moved a proposal seeking Central assistance for introducing Tube Well irrigation in Kandi areas of the state.
Minister for Rural Development Mula Ram said this here on Sunday while addressing a series of public meetings at Purkhoo, Mohalla Masiti Bhalwal and Haln during a day long tour of his constituency Raipar-Domana.
Mula Ram said that once the proposal gets the consent, about ten to twenty tube wells would be installed in the first phase in different kandi areas on experimental basis.
Asserting that government is giving first priority to up- gradation of irrigation network in the state, he said the modernization work was in full swing on various canals including vital Ranbir canal. He said four new motors are being installed on the Rangan canal to increase its discharge, besides constructing concrete side walls and the canal bed. He said considering the increasing needs of irrigation water, government was also looking into the possibilities of constructing a new canal for lifting water from River Chenab.
Referring to various developmental works including construction and up gradation of roads in Raipar-Dumana constituency and else where in the state, Minister said a massive road connectivity program has been launched to connect all villages by 2012.
Announcing that the state has received about Rs 1200 crore under NREGA , Minister said that the state government has approached the Union Government for seeking permission for taking up even those works which are not listed in the schemes but suits the topography of particular areas of the state.
Naming various roads being constructed in the twin blocks of Marh and Bhalwal, he said the biggest road project proposed from Niki Tawi would involve an expenditure of Rs 45 crore. He said similarly, a road connecting Landore area of Marh with the main Akhnoor road at Purkoo has been projected to be completed at a cost of Rs 35 lakh. He said number of road links connecting various villages with the main roads have already been completed in the area.
Seeking public cooperation in keeping a close check on the works taken in their respective areas, Minister said that government has made it a point to ensure that every development project should be of best quality. He said the works completed during past five years bears the testimony of the way government was working for the welfare of the people.
Minister also paid tributes to the Bhagat Singh and his associates who attained martyrdom on this day by sacrificing their lives for the cause of the nation.
Earlier, he also paid obeisance at Nirankari Bhawan in the area and ordered construction of approach road to the complex. |
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