Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a long-delayed Soryyu Canal project in Balrampur on Saturday.
This project is dedicated to Purvanchal farmers where water shortages have become a lasting problem.
The chairman of Yogi Minister Adyityaath, who visited the canal site on Thursday, said that work on the project had begun in 1978, but only 52% of the work had been made until 2017 when the BJP government took over in the state.
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https://t.co/x1NXLX3- Narendra Modi (@Narendramodi) 1639148208000 “48% of the remaining work has been completed in four and a half years Finally, “he said, adding” Soryyu canal projects spread in 6,623 km, which included nine districts.
“The canal will irrigate 14.5 lakh hectares, profitable more than 30 lakh farmers, he said.
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https://t.co/ywctgFdiqe- Narendra Modi (@Narendramodi) 1639148264000 “After the head of the Yogi Adityanath minister in 2017, He took the project and gave a deadline to complete a delayed job within four years, an achievement that could not be achieved by the previous government, or even wanted.
Farmers from nine districts, including Bahraich, Shraivas, Balrombur, Gonda, Siddharthnagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Gorakhpur and Maharajanj, will benefit from the project, “said a government spokesman.
Calling the completion of the “Tight Slap” project in advance of opposition parties, the spokesman said that they only talked about the interests of farmers but failed to take positive action.
“The previous government fully ignored this main agricultural project, which would solve farmers’ problems for decades.
They did not even bother allocating sufficient funds for the project.
The current government provides the necessary funds and accelerates work on the project.
Land is also purchased By running a special campaign with the help of local government, “he said.
This project, said an irrigation department official, will allow farmers to have two plants, not one because irrigation will become more reliable now.
When irrigation agricultural land will increase, he added, there will be a suitable increase in the production of Kharif and Rabbi plants.
The project is expected to irrigate around 14 hectares of Lakh and also provide assistance from flood problems in certain Purvanchal regions by connecting canal-kanrage built on the Ghagri River, Saranga, and Rohin.
This project was originally launched in 1978 to expand irrigation facilities in the Bahraich and Gonda districts and called Ghaghra Canal.
In 1982-83, the scope of the project was expanded to cover the nine regencies of the Trans-Ghaghra-Rapti-Rohini region in Purvanchal and it was renamed the Sarkyu project.
Along with Ghaghra and Rapti, Rohin River must also be associated with a canal system.
In 2012, The Center said it was a national project and renamed the Sarkyu National Project.
The project is also connected to the river valley that connects the Indian government project.