Question : LIFT IRRIGATION PROJECT



(a) whether the Ministry had spent Rs.58.69 lakh during 1992-96 on a Lift Irrigation Project to irrigate fodder and fodder seed farm at Dhamro in district Surat;

(b) if so, whether the project has not been commissioned so far;

(c) if so, the reasons therefor; and

(d) the steps being taken to start the project expeditiously?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI HUKUMDEO NARAYAN YADAV)

(a) & ( b): Yes, Sir.

(c)&(d): The matter has been taken up with Gujarat Water Resources Development Corporation to complete testing and hand over the project to the farm.