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Haryana Sets 200,000-Acre Target for Watershed Development to Boost Irrigation and Conservation

Haryana Sets 200,000-Acre Target for Watershed Development to Boost Irrigation and Conservation

Chandigarh (Balwinder Singh): Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has directed officials to draft comprehensive proposals covering over 200,000 acres of land under the Watershed Development Component of the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana 2.0, urging the inclusion of more administrative blocks to maximise regional coverage. Chairing a high-level review meeting in Chandigarh on Thursday alongside Chief Principal Secretary Rajesh Khullar and senior administrative secretaries, the Chief Minister instructed the agriculture and irrigation departments to intensify ground-level water recharge interventions while expanding dependable irrigation facilities across arid and semi-arid tracts of the state. During the review, Chief Minister Saini called…
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