Rs 143 cr project for rehabilitation of JLN Feeder System

Haryana government today said it has prepared Rs 143 crore project for rehabilitation of 35-year-old Jawahar Lal Nehru Feeder system.
The system was initially started in 1973 and completed in 1980 to provide irrigation facility in 2,70,947 hectares of area and meet drinking water needs in districts of Rewari, Jhajjar, Mahendergar and parts of Bhiwani and Rohtak.
While stating this here today, an official spokesman said the rehabilitation project would immensely benefit the people of the area as it would also help in removing regional disparity between South-Western part of state viz-a-viz the remaining part of the state by increasing availability of water and also recharging the ground water.

He said at present, in the Southern Haryana, irrigation facilities are in an area of 16,257 hectares, which would be increased to 81,284 hectares after implementation of the above said project.
Thus project will increase irrigation in additional area of 65,027 hectares in the area in addition to requirement of drinking water and filling of ponds.
Furthermore, there would be saving of about Rs 52 crores annually as energy charges, he said.

He said this ambitious project has been approved by the Standing Finance Committee "B" of State Finance Department today and will now be submitted to NABARD to accord its approval for funding.

The NABARD has assured for consideration of the project on top priority. The project is likely to be completed in two years.
This project includes rehabilitation of various canals, replacement and repair of old worn out pumping machinery and providing independent feeder lines for supplying uninterrupted power supplies to the system, he said.
This system is basically lift canal system in which about 100 pump houses have been constructed to supply water to higher reaches.
The system is continuously running for the last 35 years during which no major rehabilitation of pumps or motors have been done. This has resulted in reduced efficiency of pumps to about 40-50 per cent, which has further resulted in reduced lifting of discharge, he informed.