Ex-BJP minister appeals Addl CS Jal Shakti to monitor de-silting work
Visits major, minor canals in Marh constituency; waste being dumped on banks
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: After paying personal visit to major and minor irrigation canals in Marh constituency spread over to the Indo-Pakistan International border, the former minister and senior BJP leader Choudhary Sukhnandan Kumar has appealed to the Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary) Jal Shakti Department Shaleen Kabra to personally visit the spots to check and monitor irresponsible job work being done during de-silting of irrigation canals in Marh area in Jammu. The waste material is being dropped on the banks of the canals, which will ultimately again block the canals in few days, blocking the canals during the crop season.
Every year the de-silting of canals is done so that irrigation of all the fields up to the end of the border can be achieved satisfactorily. Majority of the population in this constituency depends on the cultivation. “Farming is their only source of income, said Ch Sukhnandan Kumar, requesting the government to look into this important job work without any delay.
Already the villagers are major sufferers as last year also due to strong dust storms, majority of the crop was damaged causing loss of lakhs of ruppees, said the former BJP minister Ch Sukhnandan Kumar adding “Modi government has also assured that farmers residing in the last corner of the country will be provided all the facilities, which are required for the better cultivation.”
On behalf of all the famers community, the senior BJP leader Sukhnandan Kumar has also convey heartfelt gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Bhai Modi for conferring Bharat Rattan award on two great legends Ch Charan Singh, a champion of farmers’ cause, and green revolution pioneer M S Swaminathan.
“If farmers are strong and prosperous, the country is strong, said Ch Sukhnandan Kumar, adding, “I have assured all the villagers in Marh and Dommana area that Modi government will always stood by them to meet their needs for better and best cultivation.
