Government priority to provide better irrigation facilities: Kishan Kapoor

Dharamshala, October 26, 2018: Minister of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Kishan Kapoor said that the provision of irrigation facilities to the residents of the private areas will be provided at their doorstep. He added that providing irrigation facilities to more farmers is the priority of the Jai Ram government in Himachal. Minister said, "To make agriculture activities more profitable it is necessary to expand irrigation facilities in the state. in the next five years, Rs.150 crores will be spent on the renewal of mini irrigational resources in the state and in strengthening of such irrigational units in community areas of the state . There is an arrangement for irrigation through mini streams called Kuhals in most of the farming areas in the Dharamsala constituency area, improving of such irrigation schemes will improve farming conditions .” Kapoor was addressing the gathering on foundation lying stone of the Zheol Drift Irrigation Scheme. He said that the a Kuhal shall be built at a cost of Rs.10 lakhs in Zheol. With this Drift irrigation scheme, 56 families will be benefited and 12 hectares of land will get irrigation facility.