hief ministerAshok Gehlot saidRajiv Gandhi Jal Sanchay Yojanawas an ambitious scheme whose main objective was to increase the ground water level and to prepare water harvesting structures. He said water catchment development works should be approved on priority in all the departments related to the scheme so that projects could start soon after monsoon.
Gehlot was reviewing the progress of works related to watershed development and land conservation through video conferencing from the chief minister’s residence on Monday. He said the progress made in the Rajiv Gandhi Jal Sanchay Yojana should be reviewed every month at the state level.
The chief minister said that state had faced famines and droughts many times. He said water availability had increased in areas with low rainfall due to projects underNREGAand construction of water harvesting structures. He said under NREGA and watershed development works, a study should be conducted on the increase in ground water level from the structures like anicut, pond and rivulets etc.