By means of PTI
JAIPUR: Leader Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday recommended the Centre to offer nationwide standing to the Japanese Rajasthan Canal Undertaking, pronouncing this might permit the ERCP’s speedy finishing touch and therefore 13 districts of east Rajasthan would get ingesting and irrigation water.
The venture goals to reap surplus water, to be had right through the wet season in rivers in southern Rajasthan reminiscent of Chambal and its tributaries together with Kunnu, Parvati, Kalisindh, and use it in 13 south-eastern districts of the state the place there’s a shortage of water for ingesting and irrigation.
“With restricted assets of the state executive, this venture will take 15 years to finish and the price of the venture may even building up. If the central executive offers it the standing of a countrywide venture and if the grant is won, the paintings may also be finished sooner and at a cheaper price,” he tweeted.
“Our aim is that the paintings of ERCP must be finished quickly, in order that 13 districts of East Rajasthan can get ingesting and irrigation water. The state executive has to this point spent about Rs 1,000 crore on ERCP and has proposed Rs 9,600 crores on this 12 months’s funds,” Gehlot stated.
He additionally focused Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in this factor, pronouncing that he’s now not doing the rest for the state regardless of being the Union Minister of Jal Shakti from Rajasthan.
“It’s past comprehension that if a wilderness and water-stressed state like Rajasthan does now not get the standing of a countrywide venture, then which state gets it?,” he stated.
