Jharkhand Govt to help farmers produce three crops a year: CM

Ranchi, March 10: Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren said that his government is working to provide water to the fields of farmers through pipelines to strengthen the economic condition of the farming families here.

The government aim that farmers in Jharkhand can produce three crops in a year

Champai Soren on Sunday laid the foundation of Pirtand Mega Lift Irrigation Project in Giridih district, which will irrigate 8,531 hectares. The project, which will come up at an estimated cost of Rs 639.20 crore, is likely to benefit 1,09,515 people in 17 panchayats of the district.

A weir/barrage will be constructed on Barakar river near Dudhnia village under Kumharlalo Panchayat under Damodar-Barakar basin and chakwar irrigation facility will be provided in the identified area through water pipeline with pump motor.

A target has been set to complete the work of the scheme in three years.

Speaking on the occasion, the CM said the previous Hemant Soren government brought several schemes and projects for the overall development of the state.

“The economic condition of rural people is not good. So, the former chief minister thought of a universal pension scheme. Now, the pension age for women, tribals and Dalits have been reduced to 50 years,” he said.

He said when the Hemant Soren government came in power in 2019, he first decided to work on roti, kapda and makaan. “The universal pension scheme, Abua Awas Yojana and many other plans were introduced for the uplift of people,” he said.

Taking a dig at BJP, Soren said the opposition left no stone unturned to remove the majority coalition government ever since it came to power in 2019.

The previous double-engine government had done nothing for the development of the state. They had eyed mines and minerals of the state, which they used for development of Uttar Pradesh, Maharasthra, Delhi and Gujarat,” he alleged.

He further alleged that the BJP could not digest the progress made by the former chief minister Hemant Soren. “So, they used central agencies to trap and put him in jail,” he said.