Chandigarh/Sri Muktsar Sahib: In a major step towards strengthening irrigation infrastructure and empowering the farming community, Punjab Cabinet Minister and Malout MLA Dr. Baljit Kaur today announced that the ₹11-crore New Chauntra Minor Relining Project will be taken up in Sri Muktsar Sahib district, with the work set to commence shortly. She said the project is being brought forward through her persistent efforts and will provide significant relief to thousands of farmers and village residents dependent on canal irrigation.
Dr. Baljit Kaur expressed her gratitude to Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann and Water Resources Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal for bringing this important irrigation initiative for the region. She said the project would fulfil a long-standing demand of farmers and further strengthen irrigation facilities, benefiting thousands of farming families and rural communities.
Cabinet Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur received a warm welcome from locals upon paying obeisance at Gurdwara Sahib in Balamgarh, following the Bhog of Sri Akhand Path Sahib. On this occasion, the villagers expressed their gratitude to Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and Dr. Baljit Kaur for initiating the New Chauntra Minor relining project, stating that it would greatly benefit thousands of local farmers and significantly strengthen the region’s irrigation system.”
Dr. Baljit Kaur informed that the New Chauntra Minor Relining Project involves replacing the existing brick lining with durable concrete lining. She said the modernisation of the 54,000-feet-long canal stretch will help reduce seepage losses, improve water conveyance efficiency and ensure better and equitable distribution of irrigation water to agricultural fields.
