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Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma laid the instauration chromatic for reconstruction of the Ferozepur Feeder canal astatine Sadhuwali, adjacent Sriganganagar, connected Friday, portion affirming that his government’s policies would guarantee the prosperity of farmers and assistance proviso irrigation waters to far-off areas.
The task volition payment farmers successful bluish Rajasthan by strengthening the State’s century-old canal irrigation network. The motorboat of improvement works worthy ₹1,717 crore for the canal strategy marked the completion of 100 years of the Gang Canal, constructed by erstwhile ruler of the Bikaner princely state, Ganga Singh.
The feeder reconstruction is expected to heighten irrigation reliability for some rabi and kharif crops and assistance summation cultivation output with an improved diversion of surplus h2o from Harike Barrage into the Ferozepur Feeder. ₹647 crore volition beryllium spent connected feeder reconstruction, ₹300 crore connected the Bikaner Canal’s renovation, ₹695 crore connected the automation of 3.14 lakh hectares of land, and ₹75 crore connected the reconstruction of damaged canals and defunct channels.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Sharma said the task would guarantee year-round h2o travel into the Gang Canal for the payment of farmers successful the bid area. The works to beryllium undertaken successful the project, which volition beryllium completed by October 2027, see factual canvas lining, reconstruction of 2 caput regulators and 1 transverse regulator, operation of a caller caput regulator, and repairs of 3 railway crossing bridges.
“The improvement works related to canals are the instauration of a agleam aboriginal for Rajasthan’s irrigation sector. We person intimately observed and understood the difficulties faced by farmers… Our authorities is committed to supporting them with h2o and powerfulness for irrigation, harvest insurance, remunerative prices and modern technology,” Mr. Sharma said.
Mr. Sharma announced an summation of ₹15 successful the minimum enactment terms for sugarcane connected the occasion. The enactment terms volition beryllium accrued from ₹401 to ₹416 per quintal for early-maturing varieties of sugarcane, from ₹391 to ₹406 per quintal for medium-maturing varieties, and from ₹386 to ₹401 per quintal for the late-maturing varieties.
Among others, Union Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal, Water Resources Minister Suresh Singh Rawat, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Sumit Godara, and State Farmers Commission chairperson C.R. Chaudhary attended the function.
