Overview
- The package targets restored irrigation across 36,000 hectares, benefiting nearly nine lakh farmers.
- Works include closing canal gaps, installing head and cross regulators, building siphons and falls, lining channels, and repairing culverts and bridges.
- Interventions extend to internal and external canal sections, kerbs on canal routes, and renovations of inspection and office buildings.
- A total of 273 hectares of departmental land will be safeguarded, with surveys of unused parcels to plan optimal use for revenue generation.
- Flood-management preparations will start in January with a detailed action plan developed in consultation with public representatives.