PM Modi inaugurates Saryu Nahar National Project in UP's Balrampur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the Saryu Nahar National Project in Uttar Pradeshs Balrampur The Prime Minister carefully reviewed the project prior to the inaugurationA large number of people had gathered to participate in the inauguration event PM Modi had also greeted the crowd as he arrived at the inauguration eventAs per an official statement from the Prime Ministers Office PMO the work on the 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 decadesPrime Ministers vision for farmer welfare and empowerment and his commitment to prioritising long pending projects of national importance brought muchneeded focus on the project the PMO statedConsequently in 2016 the project was brought under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana with the target to complete it in a timebound mannerIn this endeavour innovative solutions were found for new land acquisition to construct new canals and fill the critical gaps in the project and also for resolving the pending litigation related to the previous land acquisitions The renewed focus on the project has resulted in the project being completed in only about four years PMO saidThe Saryu Nahar National Project has been built with a total cost of more than Rs 9800 crore out of which more than Rs 4600 crore was provisioned in the last four years The project also involves the interlinking of five rivers Ghaghara Saryu Rapti Banganga and Rohini to ensure optimum usage of water resources of the region According to PMO the project will provide assured water for irrigation of over 14 lakh hectares of land and benefit about 29 lakh farmers of over 6200 villages It will benefit nine districts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh namely Bahraich Shravasti Balrampur Gonda Siddharthnagar Basti Sant Kabir Nagar Gorakhpur and Maharajganj The PMO also said that the farmers of the region who were the worst sufferers of the inordinate delay in the project will now immensely benefit from the upgraded irrigation potential They will now be able to grow crops on a larger scale and maximise the agripotential of the regionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever