‘Govt committed to provide clean administration’

GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS State to focus on using treated waste water for irrigation over 1.2-lakh acre land under ₹1,200-crore project sanctioned by Centre

CHANDIGARH: The Union government has in-principle sanctioned a ₹1200-crore project for Haryana under which treated waste water (TWW) will be used to irrigate over 1.20 lakh acre land, said governor Satyadeo Narain Arya on Thursday.

He also assured the Vidhan Sabha about the state government’s resolve to provide “effective, transparent and clean administration.”

While delivering a near sixminute address (see box) to the 90-member state assembly during the inaugural sitting of its budget session, Arya said Haryana has become the first state in the country to employ micro-irrigation with TWW.

The Rs 1200 crore project will help in substituting fresh water with TWW and save canal water while reducing dependence on ground water for irrigation.

These initiatives, he said, are testament of state government’s proactive approach in combating the challenge of anticipated water woes.

The key focus area of Arya’s 27-page address was on agriculture, farmers, irrigation, water management and on how the state government was enlarging the social security net.

“Every industry using at least 1,000 kilo litre per day will also have to mandatorily use TWW instead of fresh water,” Arya said, referring to re-use of treated waste water policy of Haryana.

“All municipal bodies,” he said, “will also use treated waste water for non-potable purposes such as gardening, horticulture and maintenance of parks.”

District-wise and time-bound action plans regarding re-use of TWW are being prepared under this policy.

ON RAVI-BEAS WATERS

Stating that the BJP-JJP coalition government was committed to ensuring equitable distribution of water to every farmer, the governor said every possible effort will be made to bring to Haryana its legitimate share of surplus Ravi-Beas waters through the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal at the earliest.

›Every possible effort will be made to bring to Haryana its legitimate share of surplus Ravi-Beas waters through the SYL canal at the earliest. The BJPJJP coalition government is committed to ensuring equitable distribution of water to every farmer.

›The ₹1,200-crore project sanctioned by the central government will help in substituting fresh water with treated waste water and save canal water while reducing dependence on ground water for irrigation.

HARYANA GOVERNOR, Satyadeo Narain Arya

KESHAV SINGH/HT ■ (Clockwise from left) Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and assembly speaker Gian Chand Gupta greeting state governor Satyadeo Narain Arya outside the state assembly on the opening day of the budget session on Thursday; home minister Anil Vij and deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala; and leader of opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda with others in the House.