Rs 21 crore worth of irrigation canal works underway in Shahpur: MLA Pathania

Shahpur (Kangra), Oct 30 (UNI) Development works worth around Rs 21 crore for the construction and improvement of irrigation canals are underway in Shahpur Assembly constituency to strengthen irrigation facilities for farmers, local MLA and Deputy Chief Whip Kewal Singh Pathania said today. Addressing a gathering after performing the foundation stone-laying ceremony for a farm link road costing Rs 18.77 lakh for the Amboti irrigation canal at Kalyada, Pathania said works worth around Rs 8 crore were being executed under the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), while the Jal Shakti Department was undertaking canal construction and improvement projects worth approximately…