Dec 31 2014 : The Times of India (Delhi)
New irrigation scheme to link villages to water sources
Vishwa Mohan
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New Delhi:
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Seeking to save farmers from vagaries of monsoon, the government will soon launch its ambitious rural irrigation scheme by linking villages through nearest possible sources of water.The scheme -Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichai Yojana will have water conservation and building of irrigation infrastructures at village-level as its key components at micro level. On the other hand, the interlinking of rivers across the country will be an important pillar of the scheme at the macro level.
Prime Minister Naren dra Modi on Tuesday reviewed its preparedness and asked different ministries, including water resources and agriculture, to fast-track the necessary measures through a multi-pronged approach, including integrating it with NREGA, so that the scheme could be launched simultaneously in couple of states by next month.
Modi also asked the water resources ministry to identify river-interlinking projects that could be immediately taken up and called for comprehensive mapping and identification of water bodies across the country for which satellite imagery and 3D photography could be used to guide villages to best possible sources of irrigation.
Without giving an exact timeframe, agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh, who attended the review meeting along with water resources minister Uma Bharti, said, “The scheme is in an advance stage of finalization and it will be launched soon.“ The government had proposed to launch the scheme in its first budget in July and set aside Rs 1,000 crore for this.
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Prime Minister Naren dra Modi on Tuesday reviewed its preparedness and asked different ministries, including water resources and agriculture, to fast-track the necessary measures through a multi-pronged approach, including integrating it with NREGA, so that the scheme could be launched simultaneously in couple of states by next month.
Modi also asked the water resources ministry to identify river-interlinking projects that could be immediately taken up and called for comprehensive mapping and identification of water bodies across the country for which satellite imagery and 3D photography could be used to guide villages to best possible sources of irrigation.
Without giving an exact timeframe, agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh, who attended the review meeting along with water resources minister Uma Bharti, said, “The scheme is in an advance stage of finalization and it will be launched soon.“ The government had proposed to launch the scheme in its first budget in July and set aside Rs 1,000 crore for this.
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