The council of ministers approved a plot of 6.082 hectare at village Barkheda Bondar in Huzur tehsil,Bhopalfor the establishment of a campus of the National Forensic Science University, Gandhinagar.
A release explained that Evaporation of from the reservoir will be reduced by 60% to 70% due to the floating platform. This will result in an annual saving of about 32.4 million cubic meters of water. There will be no requirement for acquisition of land either for the project and power generation from the solar project will be 10% more.
Approval for Rs 434.21 crore was also given for the Chitakhudri Medium Irrigation Project of Jabalpur district with a capacity to irrigate 16,875 hectare. Government also approved Rs 4614.73 crore for construction of the Kundalia Multipurpose Major Irrigation Project in Rajgarh district with an irrigation capacity of 1,39,600 hectare.