Directs conducting area-wise survey to know ground position of
irrigation schemes
JAMMU, JULY 22 – Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Sham Lal Choudhary today
underlined the need to get public feedback for improving service delivery on
the ground level.
The Minister directed I&FC functionaries to conduct areas wise
survey and create data bank about the condition, discharge capacity of each
irrigation canal and excess or shortfall of supply to a particular area”.
The Minister was chairing a review meeting of Irrigation and Flood
Control Department of Jammu division.
The Minister took a detailed review of the status of water flow in
Ranbir canal, Partap Canal, Ravi-Tawi Irrigation Complex and their
distributaries.
Sham Choudhary also directed the department to launch extensive
plantation drive along the canals and their distributaries. He said this would
help to prevent breaches and encroachment. He also called for intensifying
drive against removal of illegal pump sets put up on the canals.
Stressing on the importance of agriculture sector in the state, the
Minister said that every farmer should get sufficient water for irrigation so
that he can get better produce. He further
directed the officers to conduct regular field visits to know about the
requirement and supply of water in Kandi belt for assisting the farmers.
Chief Engineer, Ravi-Tawi Irrigation Complex HC Jerath and other
engineers of the department were present in the meeting.
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