Saturday, November 21, 2009

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar launches Ground Water Irrigation Scheme


Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched Ground Water Irrigation Scheme to prop up agriculture production of the state in Patna on November 20, 2009.
Under the scheme, Bihar government provides subsidized private tubewells, diesel and electric pumps to farmers. The scheme will create irrigation potential in additional nine lakh hectares of land through the use of 4.64 lakh pumps.
Bihar Minor Irrigation Minister, Dinesh Prasad, Development Commissioner (Government of Bihar), Navin Kumar and NABARD general manager Sandip Ghosh also addressed the function.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

2 comments:

  1. Nitish kumar is very good person and bihar is very growthful state in india this time.

    so very very thanks.

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  2. It's certainly a noble deed. Nitish kumar did something that would save many people. Hope it succeeds. I wish the project great success!

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