Dharwad: The process of acquiring land for rehabilitation and resettlement to those who will be evacuated during work in the third phase of the top Krishna project will be completed at the end of March, said Minister of Water Resources Govind Karjol.
Speaking to Stoi here on Saturday, Karjol said 6,437 hectares of land were needed for rehabilitation and resettlement of five lakh people from 20 villages to be evacuated and already 90% of the land needed had been obtained.
RS 3,643 crore compensation is being paid to refugees, he said.
Karjol said he had a very short time as a minister of water resources to carry out work and therefore he had said the action plan in such a way that the state must have a room to save the quantum of water given.
“For rehabilitation and resettlement of people who need to be evacuated must be taken on priority and we begin the acquisition of land,” he said.
The Brijeshkumar Justice Commission has provided 130 foot TMC from the Krishna River and to store the water, the room is needed.
The problem is before the Supreme Court and the court ruling is expected at any time.
The Minister to know that 75,000 hectares of land will be asked to store water at the full reservoir level (FRL).
Karjol associated the delay in the completion of projects for deviations from the initial plan under pressure from the person and elected representative.
This deviation produces wasted funds and water does not reach the targeted recipient, “he said.
Filling the remaining tanks for the minister’s minister’s irrigation said that for further tank charging works will be submitted to the Ministry of Little Irrigation because the water resources department burdened with projects big.
take a serious note about poor canal maintenance, Karjol said he had ordered the main engineers to monitor the work of canal maintenance work personally.
“CE must send the tour program and a report to the department every week,” Karjol said.
A river encroachment survey in The state has been taken and the steps will begin to clear encroachment.
There is the encroachment of the Malaprabha River throughout the stretch of 340 km from Kayaakumbi to Kudalangangangama.
The normal width of the Malaprabha River is 134 meters but at certain points he shrank up to 18 meters.
MalapraBha Project includes 1 , 9.
6 Lakh Hectares of land and due to river lines, water has not yet reached the tailer of the farmer’s Ender in 34,000 hectares, Karjol said.
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