DW BUREAU / Chandigarh

Haryana Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister, Sh. JP Dalal said that 70 percent of the remodeling work of Badola Minor has been completed and the remaining 30 percent work will also be completed soon.

The Minister was speaking during the Question Hour of the budget session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha here today.

Sh. J.P. Dalal said that Badola Minor off-takes at RD 22000-L of Sandwa Distributary. The length of Badola Minor is 21000 feet. The trees have grown in the water way, bank, dowel and service road of the channel in head reaches and there is no working space on service road for shifting of the construction material and machinery etc. for the rehabilitation work of the channel.

Accordingly, the case of diversion of 0.892 hectare forest land was got cleared by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on October 31, 2023. Further, the case for deposition of payment of Rs. 1,82,99,832 for Stage-ll approval is under process. Work will be resumed by May 31, 2024 and will be completed by

September 30, 2024.

The Agriculture Minister said that this canal does not provide water to Pataudi Khurd, Badalwala and Bidola villages. Rather it goes through other channels and canals.

Not only this, water is available in all the water works in Tosham assembly constituency. When the present state government came to power, additional supply of drinking water and for irrigation has been ensured.
(editor@dailyworld.in)