Water will be available for Rabi crop from January 10
Janjgir-Champa. Under the chairmanship of Collector Richa, the meeting of the District Water Utility Committee to decide the program for Rabi irrigation year 2024 was held in the meeting room of the Collectorate office. In the meeting, Irrigation program for Rabi year 2024, target irrigation determination for Rabi year 2024, availability of fertilizers, seeds, pesticides etc. required for Rabi crop, water logging in reservoirs, target determination of crops, delivery of water to the last mile, reservoirs of Water Resources Department were discussed in the meeting. And the suggestions of farmer representatives to free other areas from encroachment were discussed.
The Collector instructed the officials of Agriculture, Markfed and Seed Corporation to assess the requirement of fertilizers, seeds and pesticides and store them as per requirement and make them available to the farmers on time. In the meeting, Executive Engineer Hasdev Canal Water Division, Janjgir told that Hasdev Bango reservoir has 73.20 percent of the total water filling capacity. In the meeting, it has been decided to flow water as per the demand of farmers from January 10, 2024 to April 30, 2024 for Rabi irrigation year 2024. He also instructed the concerned officials to ensure work through MNREGA for the farmers. On this occasion, District Panchayat Vice President Raghavendra Pratap Singh, District Panchayat members Rajkumar Sahu, Sandeep Tiwari, Rajshekhar Singh, Shiv Tiwari and Executive Engineer Water Resources, Deputy Director Agriculture and related officer employees were present.
