IMPHAL, March 6: State agriculture minsiter Ph Parijat who is also holding the CADA portfolio has inspected conditions of the irrigation facilities that have been provided by the Khuga Multi Purpose project at Churachandpur district today.
The minister during his surprise visit to the main cannel site of the project having eight kilometer long canal for providing irrigation facilities to several thousand of hectres of paddy field was accompanied by officials of CADA. Besides the minister gave his advised to the officials of CADA to impart awareness campaign to the farmers of areas for the effective utilisation of the irrigation facilities that have been initiated with the completion of the project.
On the other hand, as per the official record the very irrigation canal has helped by providing irrigation to 2000 hectres of paddy field with an objective to provide irrigation facilities to a total area of 9575 hectres of paddy fields after total completion of the said irrigation canal the official source added.
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