Khajuraho (MP):
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday laid the muse stone of the Ken-Betwa River Hyperlink Mission at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh.
On this event, he additionally inaugurated the Omkareshwar Floating Photo voltaic Mission in Khandwa district of the state nearly.
Union Water Assets Minister C R Patil and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav handed over two `kalash’ (urns) containing waters from Betwa and Ken rivers, respectively, to PM Modi, who poured them over a mannequin of the challenge to launch the bold program.
Almost 44 lakh individuals in ten districts of Madhya Pradesh and 21 lakh in Uttar Pradesh will get consuming water underneath the challenge, which is estimated to value Rs 44,605 crore.
Almost 7.18 lakh agricultural households in 2,000 villages will profit from the challenge, which may even generate 103 MW of hydropower and 27 MW of photo voltaic vitality, officers mentioned.
PM Modi additionally launched a commemorative stamp and a coin within the reminiscence of former prime minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his start centenary on this event.
The Vajpayee authorities had proposed river linking as an answer for irrigation wants in addition to for coping with floods.
PM Modi additionally carried out `bhumi pujan’ or ground-breaking ceremony for the development of 1,153 Atal Gram Sewa Sadans costing Rs 437 crore on the Khajuraho program.
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