Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], September 20 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Sunday directed officers to make sure the well timed and high quality implementation of water initiatives geared toward strengthening ingesting water and irrigation amenities throughout the state, with initiatives price almost Rs 2 lakh crore at the moment underway.
Chairing a assessment assembly, Sharma directed the Public Health Engineering Department and Water Resources Department to arrange a complete motion plan prematurely to fulfill the anticipated ingesting water demand in June, guaranteeing satisfactory and uninterrupted provide throughout the state.
He additionally instructed officers to prioritise the immediate decision of water supply-related complaints acquired by way of the Rajasthan Sampark Portal 181.
During the assembly, the Chief Minister reviewed the Ram Jal Setu Link Project, Yamuna Water Agreement, Kishau Multipurpose Project, utilisation of extra monsoon water from the Narmada, Parwan Project, Dholpur Lift Project, Mahi Project and water storage works within the Indira Gandhi Canal space.
Sharma directed officers to expedite work on the Bisalpur-Dausa and Isarda-Dausa-Jamwaramgarh pipeline initiatives, which have a mixed estimated price of round Rs 19,000 crore.
He mentioned almost Rs 2 lakh crore price of water initiatives are being carried out to extend water availability, present a everlasting answer to ingesting water shortages, and increase irrigation amenities.
The state authorities is spending Rs 24,415 crore on ingesting water initiatives, together with Rs 13,163 crore for enlargement and strengthening of rural ingesting water schemes. Over the previous two-and-a-half years, greater than 15.47 lakh rural households have acquired new home faucet connections below the ‘Har Ghar Nal Se Jal’ initiative, whereas 9,093 villages have achieved 100 per cent faucet connection protection.
In city areas, 44 works costing Rs 3,431.66 crore have been accepted in 20 districts to strengthen ingesting water infrastructure. Under AMRUT 2.0, work orders price Rs 1,543.03 crore have been issued for 126 city native our bodies.
To strengthen ingesting water availability in distant and rural areas, 9,044 new handpumps and 5,422 tubewells have been put in. The authorities can be prioritising massive and multi-village ingesting water initiatives to handle regional water shortages.
During the present authorities’s tenure, packages of 32 main ingesting water initiatives have been accomplished.
The Chief Minister’s instructions additionally led to 10 particular campaigns being performed by the PHED through the summer season to make sure clean water provide and resolve public grievances.
Under the Special Weekly Repair Campaign, motion was taken on 27,206 ingesting water-related instances reported from 41 districts. These included complaints associated to defective handpumps, pipeline leaks, low strain, non-supply, short-duration provide, and insufficient water provide, amongst others.
The Ram Jal Setu Link Project is predicted to supply irrigation amenities to 4.98 lakh hectares and ingesting water to 17 districts, in addition to supplying water to industries within the undertaking space. The undertaking is predicted to fulfill the ingesting water necessities of round 40 per cent of the state’s inhabitants.
The undertaking has an estimated price of round Rs 92,000 crore and is focused for completion by 2028. Construction of the Navnera Barrage and Isarda Dam has been accomplished, whereas seven works costing round Rs 23,312 crore are at the moment in progress.
Under the Yamuna Water Project, administrative and monetary approval of Rs 1,622.31 crore has been issued for building of the Dhanawati synthetic reservoir following the settlement signed with Haryana on June 29, 2026. The tender course of is underway.
Similarly, an settlement was signed on September 15, 2026, amongst six states, together with Rajasthan, for the Kishau Multipurpose Project. The undertaking, estimated to price round Rs 15,000 crore, can have a proposed water storage capability of 1,324 MCM on the Tons River, with Rajasthan’s allocation standing at 134 MCM.
Other initiatives below implementation embrace the Parwan Project, Dholpur Lift Project, Peepalkhunt High Level Canal Project, Upper High Level Canal Mahi Project and Dewas Project.
The Parwan Project, estimated to price round Rs 7,355 crore, will present irrigation amenities to 571 villages overlaying 2.01 lakh hectares in Kota, Baran and Jhalawar districts, whereas ingesting water amenities can be offered to 1,402 villages.
Meanwhile, Rs 15,753 crore has been spent on numerous irrigation initiatives because the formation of the present authorities, offering extra irrigation amenities to greater than 1.42 lakh hectares until August 2026.
Sharma directed officers to usually monitor all initiatives, keep coordination between departments and make sure that there isn’t a compromise on high quality and transparency in building work.
He mentioned steady efforts must be made to make Rajasthan water-secure and self-reliant by way of water conservation, ingesting water availability and enlargement of irrigation amenities.
Chief Secretary V. Srinivas, Additional Chief Secretary, Water Resources Department, Abhay Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister, Akhil Arora, Principal Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Hemant Kumar Gera, and different officers had been current on the assembly. (ANI)