Latest Kathgarh Lift Irrigation Scheme News & Updates

Chandigarh, March 19 (IANS) Punjab Water Resources and Soil and Water Conservation Minister Barinder Kumar Goyal on Thursday said the government has achieved a major breakthrough in the long-neglected Kandi belt, by commissioning a major project to initially irrigate 4,000 acres of rainfed semi-hilly terrain, turning it into cultivable land.With the Rs 214 crore Kathgarh Lift Irrigation Scheme bringing canal water to higher altitudes for the first time, Goyal emphasised the government’s pro-farm…