Dec 26, 2024 10:31 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the inspiration stone for the ₹44,605 crore challenge on December 25, 2024, marking the a hundredth start anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The Ken Betwa hyperlink challenge (KBLP) is poised to carry vital advantages to the Bundelkhand area by irrigating 2.51 lakh hectares of agricultural land throughout the districts of Jhansi, Mahoba, Banda, and Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh. The challenge may also present ingesting water to 21 lakh folks in these districts, a authorities spokesperson mentioned.
The KBLP goals to switch water from the Ken River in Madhya Pradesh to the Betwa River in U.P., each tributaries of the Yamuna. (Sourced)
The KBLP goals to switch water from the Ken River in Madhya Pradesh to the Betwa River in U.P., each tributaries of the Yamuna.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the inspiration stone for the ₹44,605 crore challenge on December 25, 2024, marking the a hundredth start anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The challenge’s funding might be shared, with 90% from the central authorities and 10% from the U.P. and MP governments.
Although the formal basis stone ceremony was held on December 25, the U.P. authorities had already initiated preliminary work to expedite the challenge’s advantages for Bundelkhand residents.
A devoted workplace for the KBLP has been opened in Banda, and a topographical survey has been accomplished throughout the 4 districts—Jhansi, Mahoba, Banda, and Lalitpur—paving the way in which for the detailed challenge report (DPR), which is predicted to be accomplished early subsequent yr.
The tender course of for establishing a 24-kilometre canal in U.P. will start shortly. Recognized gram panchayats, the place roughly 245 hectares of land might be acquired, are additionally being ready.
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