Overview

• Adityanath held a high-level review with the Irrigation Department on renovating and modernising government tubewells.
• He directed the adoption of scientific methods to prevent wastage of water drawn from tubewells.
• Officials were instructed to identify and fix shortcomings in the Saryu Canal National Project, Bansagar, and Madhya Ganga to deliver timely benefits to rural and urban areas.
• The Terai region will see reserve channels de-silted and revived, with extracted silt to be used for embankment strengthening and erosion control.
• Tubewell upgrades were prioritised to expand irrigation capacity, reduce farmer costs, provide technology-based facilities, and ensure no compromise on quality or transparency.