HP plans to treat 31 lakh hectares of rain-fed & wasteland

The Himachal Pradesh government has prepared a Rs 4668.71-crore plan for treatment of 31,12,472hectare of rain-fed and wastelandareas, chief secretaryVC Pharka today said.
Presiding over the 8th meeting of state-level Nodal Agency under Watershed Development Component (WDC) of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana here, Pharka said Rs 25.66 crore had been spent on watershed during the financial year 2015-16.
Stressing that the quality of implementation should be improved by adopting target-oriented approach, he said the Department should fix quarterlytargets and the same should be reviewed periodically.
He said that since the working season in the state due to geographical condition is limited to 7-8 months and participation of watershed communities also remains inadequate especially in tribal areas, the implementing authority should ensure optimum use of its resources during the working season.

He said that Department of Rural Development has prepared an Annual Action Plan of Rs 230.61 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana for the current financial year( 2016-17), which has already been posed to the Centre.