Empowering Uttar Pradesh’s agricultural backbone, the government unveils a statewide offensive against water woes, promising advanced irrigation and robust conservation. Minister Swatantra Dev Singh, presiding over an exhaustive departmental review, ordered swift action in vulnerable districts.
Core to the plan: Chief Minister’s Minor Irrigation Scheme tubewells—deep and medium variants—to irrigate fallow lands. Check dam repairs and new builds will fortify water storage. The six-hour huddle in Lucknow dissected district-level advances, spotlighting Bundelkhand’s turnaround.
Post-2017-18 stats dazzle: 1.37 lakh hectares newly irrigated, 4,678 deep tubewells, 3,050 medium-deep ones operational. Farmers tapped into 132 solar pumpsets; conservation tallies 868 fresh check dams, 724 restored, 476 ponds revived. 739 government rooftops now harvest rain for aquifers.
Bundelkhand’s transformation is stark—25 of 47 blocks groundwater-secure, bumper harvests, higher earnings, stemmed migration. Western UP mirrored these wins, as per engineer briefings.
Beyond numbers, this campaign revitalizes rural economies and builds climate resilience. With farmer incomes soaring and productivity peaking, Uttar Pradesh charts a course for sustainable growth, ensuring every drop counts for tomorrow’s harvests.