The Haryana State Drought Relief and Flood Control Board (FCB) headed by the Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday approved a total 165 new schemes costing Rs 166 Crore, out of which, 102 short-term schemes have been targeted to be completed by 30 June, 2018.
During the 49th meeting of the Board, Khattar directed all the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) in the state and Superintendent Engineers of Irrigation Department to ensure speedy implementation of these schemes with the target to complete all short-term schemes in a time-bound manner.
Most of the schemes are of river works, strengthening and remodelling of drains, replacement of bridges on drains, procurement of flood machinery and pumps etc.
The CM stressed to utilise the accumulated water for irrigation in some other area without wasting it in the drains. In addition, he also stressed to conserve maximum rainwater during monsoon.
Finance minister Abhimanyu, who joined the meeting through video conference, showed his concern about the heat wave forecasted by IMD during the month of April and May.
He further desired that District Administration in Co-ordination with line departments should take all preventive measures to avoid any disastrous situation.
Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, KeshniAnandArora briefed that the last year flood situation was normal except some flash floods due to concentrated rains. Further, some of the cases of flooding of fields, due to rise of water-table were reported in the Districts of Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad.
In the meeting, Principal Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources Department, Anurag Rastogi informed that a scheme to dewater the fields of Shakkarpura village in Fatehabad district was executed successfully to reclaim the waterlogged fields of about 500 acres. Similar schemes have also been proposed this year.