Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan
Maharashtra government launched a programme named ‘Jalyukta
Shivar Abhiyan’ to make Maharashtra a drought-free state by 2019. The project
involves deepening and widening of streams, construction of cement and earthen
stop dams, work on nullahs and digging of farm ponds. The programme aims to
make 5000 villages free of water scarcity every year. Under the programme,
micro-irrigation systems would be encouraged for efficient use of water. It
aims at increasing the irrigated area. Existing water conservation schemes will
be now brought under this scheme. With several parts of Maharashtra still reeling
under the drought, the state government launched the scheme to combat
increasing number of suicide by the farmers of the state, among other things.
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