Madhya Pradesh

• 08 Aug 2023

Rampura-Manasa Micro Lift Irrigation Scheme

Why in News?

• On August 7, 2023, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan laid the foundation stone and inaugurated various construction works including the ground-breaking ceremony of Rampura Mansa Large Micro Pressure Irrigation Project worth Rs. 1208 crore at the Vikas Parv program at Manasa in Neemuch district.

Key Points:

• Under the Rs 1208.89 crore Rampura-Manasa Micro Lift Irrigation Scheme, irrigation facilities will be provided in 65 thousand 400 hectares of land in a total of 215 villages of Rampura, Manasa, Neemuch and Jawad tehsils.
• For this, a pipeline will be laid by constructing two pumping stations at Semli Antri and village Banda on the submergence of Gandhi Sagar reservoir.
• The total irrigation area will be divided into 30-30 hectares and every 30 hectares will be divided into 5-5 hectares of sub-chak and water will be made available for irrigation.
• For the convenience of farmers, automated outlet management systems will be installed at every 30-hectare chak, from where farmers will be able to get a certain amount of water for irrigation at the prescribed pressure.
• On this occasion, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the neemuch-jawad irrigation scheme costing Rs 3500 crore will also be started soon.