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Haryana allocates Rs 3324.51 cr for irrigation, water resources in 2019-20

Chandigarh, Mar 2 (UNI) Haryana government has allocated a budget of Rs. 3324.51 crore for irrigation and water resources in 2019-20, which is 6.2 per cent increase over revised estimates 2018-19 outlay of Rs 3130.63 crore.
Stating this here on Saturday, an official spokesman for the Irrigation and Water Resources department said the government has taken a number of policy initiatives to realise the vision of “Har Khet Ko Pani”.
He said the government has extended the lined watercourses from 24 feet per acre to 40 feet per acre of Culturable Command Area, to achieve a substantial increase in intensity of irrigation in the state. To utilise the surplus water during monsoon period in river Yamuna, a project costing Rs 304 crore for rehabilitation of Parallel Delhi Branch (PDB) from RD 0 to 1,45,250 has been approved.
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