16,932 acres to benefit from canal irrigation in Ghanaur constituency
Chandigarh/Ghanaur: Punjab Water Resources Minister Barinder Goyal and MLA Gurlal Ghanaur today inaugurated lift irrigation-based canal projects worth ₹26.73 crore at village Kolhemajra, providing canal water to farmers in 42 villages of the Ghanaur constituency.
The Minister said the Punjab Government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, has fulfilled a long-pending demand by extending canal irrigation to villages that had remained deprived despite being located near canals. The initiative will bring 16,932 acres under canal irrigation, helping conserve groundwater and reduce farmers’ irrigation costs.
He said that a 36.39-km underground pipeline has been laid at a cost of ₹22.23 crore, benefiting 38 villages and bringing 15,129 acres under canal irrigation for the first time. In addition, a 2.44-km stretch of the Ghadam Rajbaha has been concreted at a cost of ₹4.50 crore, providing irrigation to another 1,803 acres across four villages.
Addressing the media, Barinder Goyal said the Punjab Government has spent ₹450 crore on flood protection works across the state, including ₹13 crore on strengthening flood protection along the Ghaggar River in the Ghanaur constituency.
MLA Gurlal Ghanaur thanked Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann for undertaking unprecedented development works in the constituency. He said the lift irrigation system would not only conserve groundwater but also significantly reduce cultivation costs for farmers.
Farmers expressed gratitude to the Punjab Government, stating that their decades-old demand for regular canal irrigation had finally been fulfilled.
