Haryana to re-construct JLN canal

To achieve the goal of 'Har Khet Ko Pani' (water to every field), the Haryana government today approved a Rs 143 crore project for re-construction of Jawahar Lal Nehru (JLN) Canal system.
Tenders have been floated for the work which would be completed in a phased manner by March 2018, an official spokesman said.
Also, a Rs 300 crore project for rehabilitation of 565 water courses has recently got approval from NABARD. The project would be completed in two years and would help in reducing the gap between irrigation potential created and potential in use, he said.
Giving details here today, a spokesman of Haryana Irrigation and Water Resources Department said five disbanded old bridges were being reconstructed at a cost of Rs 30 crore to remove obstacles in Western Jamuna Canal (WJC) main line.

Out of these, the construction work of three bridges has been completed and the remaining two bridges would be completed by December, he said.
He said to ensure water upto tail end, a sum of Rs 135 crore has been spent for maintenance and desilting of canals and water courses, whereas rehabilitation work at a cost of Rs 150 crore has been started at Petwar branch, Hisar major branch, Prithla branch, Paharpur minor, Khanaury minor, Jakhauli branch, Tohana branch, new Urlana minor, Jahangirpur Minor and Loharu Branch.

The spokesperson said 'Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojna' has been started to "permanently resolve the problem of drought".

The aim of the scheme is to ensure water to every field. Under this yojna, 'District Irrigation Schemes' are being prepared for all districts and accordingly irrigation management would be done, he said.
He said major ongoing irrigation projects under this scheme would be completed on priority basis so that maximum areas could be irrigated.
To ensure per drop more irrigation, water saving techniques like sprinkler irrigation and drip irrigation would be further promoted, he said.
The spokesman said in the tenure of present state government, "210 schemes costing Rs 275.32 crore of flood control have been started".
Out of these, work on 159 projects has been completed at a cost of Rs 141.21 crore, whereas work on 23 projects is in progress, he said.

He said in 2016-17 as many as 105 new schemes of Rs 124.77 crore and 140 ongoing schemes of Rs 256.80 crore have been approved for flood control and drainage.
Also, approval has been granted to prepare 390 injection wells at a cost of Rs 6.41 crore for the conservation of ground water using the flood water, he added.