Top state leader Narendra Modi will introduce Saryu Nahar National Project in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday to charm ranchers of the eastern piece of the survey bound state. As per the Prime Minister’s office, the Saryu Nahar undertaking will give guaranteed water to water system of more than 14 lakh hectares of land and advantage around 29 lakh ranchers of the locale. The water system venture will be initiated at around 1 pm in the Balrampur locale.
Here’s all you need to know about Saryu Nahar NationalProject:
- The work on the Saryu Nahar National project had begun in 1978 but always faced delays. Taking a swipe at earlier dispensation, PM Modi said his government completed the project in just 4 years after coming to power in the UP.
- In a tweet PM Modi wrote, “You would be shocked to know that work on the Saryu Nahar National Project began in 1978 but for decades, the project was never completed. Costs increased and so did people’s woes. A project that was incomplete for four decades has been finished in four years”.
- The work on the Saryu irrigation project started in 1978 but due to lack of continuity of budgetary support, interdepartmental coordination, and adequate monitoring, it got delayed and was not completed even after nearly four decades.
- In 2016, the project was brought under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana with the target to complete it in a time-bound manner.
- The project involves interlinking of five rivers — Ghaghara, Saryu, Rapti, Banganga, and Rohini