Haryana CM Saini keeps Home, Finance, Excise and Taxation portfolios
In the newly formed Haryana government, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini kept key portfolios, including Home, Finance, and Excise and Taxation with him.
Haryana Government would set up special projects in waterlogged areas to make Haryana Flood-Free by 2026. This was decided in the 54th meeting of the Haryana State Drought Relief and Flood Control Board held under the Chairmanship of the Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday.
Khattar said that more emphasis is also being laid on water conservation and re-use of rainwater. With this, along with dealing with flood situations, groundwater recharging and optimum use of water in dry areas will also be ensured.
“For the meticulous implementation of this plan, 528 projects amounting to Rs 1100 crore have been approved in the meeting,” he said.
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The CM said that schemes worth more than Rs 312 crore have been approved for purchasing dewatering machinery and re-use of water. He added that this time schemes have been prepared for waterlogging through a cluster-based approach.
He directed the officers that lakes should be developed in water-logged areas. “A plan should be formulated to make about 100 lakes, especially in NCR districts. With the development of these lakes, a permanent solution to the problem of water logging will be done; along with this the capacity of groundwater recharging will also increase. To develop these lakes, proposals will be sought from the farmers who are having waterlogged land,” Khattar said.
The CM said that the availability of water is a big challenge in today’s time. “Water conservation is the only solution to this. In this direction, recharging borewells are being set up by the government in the districts for groundwater recharging. Taking a step further, the government has made a new scheme, under which the farmer can set up recharging borewells on his land,” he shared.
“For this, applications were sought from the farmers. Till now applications from 20,000 farmers have been received. The government will spend money on these borewells and some cooperation will also be taken from the farmers for setting up these borewells,” added Khattar.
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