HARYANA

The Haryana government is eyeing an of Rs 1 lakh crore in the Global City project in Gurugram which will come up over about 1,080 acres of land.

Khattar said that the Global City is a mixed land-use Township being developed over nearly 1,080 acres to redefine the concept of urban development and what cities of the future shall look like through its sustainability-focused future-oriented Infrastructure planning and design.

Haryana Resources“>Water Resources Authority chairperson Keshni Anand Arora said on Wednesday that the fertility of one lakh acres of land will be improved in the state within the coming year, for which the first phase of land survey has been completed in 4 districts. Along with this, directions have been given to start the second phase survey in 5 districts of Nuh, Bhiwani, Hisar, Fatehabad, Sirsa.

Presiding over the meeting of Haryana Water Resources Authority, Arora said that this authority is working on a comprehensive plan on the problem of falling water level and waterlogging in various districts of the state.

For the convenience of the farmers and to get rid of the problems related to the ground water level in the state, a centralized water monitoring system is being prepared by the government. He said that through this scheme, the farmers of the state would get the benefit of diversification in their crops, due to which it would be possible to produce more than one crop in a year. This process will not only increase the income of the farmers but will also improve the fertility.

Plans are underway inHaryanato establish an advanced testing laboratory and a vermi-compost demonstration unit. ICAR-Indian Wheat and Barley Research Institute in Karnal will also set up a wheat-based agripreneurship centre to enhance the income of small and medium farmers. Additionally, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, will establish a biopesticide laboratory and a natural farming pesticide production unit at Uchani in Karnal.

These initiatives were approved during the state-level steering committee meeting of the Rashtriya KrishiVikasYojana, chaired by chief secretarySanjeevKaushal. In the meeting, an annual plan worth Rs 1,371.91 crore for the year 2023-24 was also approved. The plans will now be forwarded to the Union ministry of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture for final approval.
Kaushal said the agriculture department is committed to promoting Organic Farming and improving Soil fertility

Stating that about 12.5 lakh new ration cards have been made in Haryana, the Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said that many times, the government has received complaints that the ration cards of actual beneficiaries have not been made, while the ineligible were taking the benefits.

To address all such complaints, a first-of-its-kind initiative was started by the and PPP cards of about 72 lakh families were generated. A survey of the families was conducted. Not only this, earlier the income eligibility limit of BPL was Rs 1.20 lakh annually, which has now been increased to Rs 1.80 lakh, he added.

Khattar, interacting with some of such ration card holders through audio conferencing, said: After all these procedures, the process of making automatic ration cards through PPP was started and in the month of January, about 12.5 lakh new ration cards have been made. Now only eligible people are getting the benefits of government facilities.

The groundwater crisis continues to deepen in the agrarian state of Haryana with annual water level decline reported in about 58 percent wells covering all 22 districts of the state.

The annual analysis of water level showed groundwater level decline in 58 percent of wells monitored post monsoon (October month) from 2019-2020.

This covers 62 percent of the area covering all districts in the state, according to the latest report of the Central Ground Water Board.

The annual water level decline of 0-2m was recorded in 49 percent of wells and 46 percent of area in all districts of the state in one year while decline of 2-4m was recorded in 5 percent of wells and 8 percent of the state’s area.

The groundwater level decline of more than 4m was recorded in four percent of wells and eight percent of area of the state at isolated patches in Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Jind, Sirsa, Gurugram, Mewat, Jhajjar, Rewari, Panipat and Faridabad districts, the report stated.

As per the CGWB report, 330 wells monitored reported decline in water level between 0-2m, 31 wells from 2-4m and 25 wells more than 4m.

The rise in water level from 0-2m was observed in 238 wells, 2-4m in 31 wells and more than 4m in 14 wells in the state in post monsoon annual analysis.

The rise in groundwater level of more than 4 m was observed in only two percent of wells and two percent of area of the state at isolated patches in Panipat, Faridabad and Palwal districts.

The report further pointed out that the decadal analysis from January 2011-2021 also showed water level decline in 58 percent of wells which covers about 66 percent area of the state falling in 22 districts.

The decadal groundwater level decline of more than 4m was observed in 10 percent wells and 14 percent of the area of state covering parts of Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Karnal, Panipat, Sonipat, Bhiwani, Charkhi Dadri, Mahendragarh, Rewari and Gurugram districts.