Dungaria Micro Irrigation and Tiktoli Distribution Project got approval | 13 Apr 2023

On 11 April 2023, the Madhya Pradesh cabinet gave revised approval to the Dungaria Micro Irrigation Project and Tiktoli Distribution Project.

With these two projects, more than 6 thousand hectares of an area can be irrigated.
Irrigation facilities will be made available in Gwalior district from Tiktoli distributary minor irrigation project. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 44 crore 90 lacks. This project will irrigate 3 thousand 700 hectares of land.
On the other hand, Dungaria Micro Irrigation Project is proposed on the Kshipra River in the Mahidpur development block of the Ujjain district. In this project, a 9.37 M.C.M. dam construction and pipe canal will be constructed.
The cost of this project is Rs 104 crore 74 lakhs. With this, Rabi irrigation will be done in 3 thousand-hectare areas in 8 villages. The power consumption in this project will be 1.10 MW.