Imphal, July 06, 2019:
The Chief Minister of Manipur, N. Biren Singh distributed Irrigation pumpsets to farmers in a function held at the Manipur Minorities and Other Backward Classes Economic Development Society (MOBEDS), Imphal on Friday to provide ease during the ongoing drought-like situation in the state.
Speaking at the function, the Chief Minister said that such measures are meant to combat the drought like situation in the State. 157 River Lift Irrigation (RLI) schemes have been started to provide water in the paddy fields of the State, he added.
Biren Singh further mentioned that the Minor Irrigation Department is working rigorously to provide irrigation facilities in various parts of the State.
The Chief Minister stated that the Agriculture Department and MOBEDS would be providing around 126 Irrigation Pumpsets to the needy farmers. Another 100 pumpsets would be procured in next 4-5 days to deal the situation, he added. He urged the elected representatives to approach the Agriculture Minister and other concerned Ministers for agriculture related support including water pumpsets.
During the function, around 40 Irrigation pumpsets were distributed to the farmers.
Agriculture Minister V. Hangkhanlian, Forest and Environment Minister Th. Shyamkumar, Education Minister Th, Radheshyam, MLAs and officials of MOBEDS department were present during the function.
The Irrigation Pumpsets were distributed under the Economic Development Programme (EDP) scheme of the MOBEDS.
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