Saryu Canal National Project

The Saryu Canal National Project will be launched by PM Modi On 11 December in Uttar Pradesh.

Highlights:

The Saryu Canal project, the biggest in Uttar Pradesh, will benefit 25-30 lakh farmers over nine eastern UP districts.

The canal will promote Irrigation of 14.04 lakh hectares of land and reduce the risk of

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floods in many flood-prone areas.

The irrigated site under the project will be 4.04 lakh hectares.

Five rivers, i.e. Ghagra, Rapti, Banganga, Saryu, and Rohini, have been connected.

The canals have a total span of 6,600 kilometers and have been connected to the 318 km long central canal.