Chandigarh-For the comfort of farmers and with the intention to give them their share of water, the Water Resources Department disposed of 3222 instances of canal water disputes within the final 9 months. Out of the full 5025 pending instances, solely 1614 are left with the division, which may even be disposed off quickly.
It was disclosed by Water Resources Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer after a gathering held at his official residence to assessment the instances of canal water disputes pending for a few years. The minister requested the officers of the division to settle the pending instances in order that the farmers usually are not disadvantaged of canal water.
Meet Hayer additional stated that the State Government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is strengthening the canal water community with a view to make sure its attain to the farmers. The technical workers and income workers of the Water Resources Department, together with Patwari, the District Collector and Deputy Collector and so on., have been put in command of dealing with canal water disputes.
Meet Hayer stated that throughout the assessment of the work of the division, it got here to his consideration that many instances had been pending for many years. Prioritising this work, the division recognized a lot of functions of farmers associated to such instances and efforts had been made to settle them on a precedence foundation. A complete of 5025 instances had been pending with the division. Thereafter the federal government reviewed the standing of all of the functions obtained each week and 3222 instances had been disposed of in simply 9 months. Now the variety of pending instances has lowered to 1614. These may even be settled quickly.
The Water Resources Minister stated that to hold out this work shortly, the place there’s a larger want for rising the power of staff of the division because the work is being assigned to the workers of different locations now. Agriculture is a prime precedence for the State Government and farmers is not going to face any downside in getting canal water, added the Minister.
Besides others, Principal Secretary Krishan Kumar was additionally current within the assembly.