Prayagraj: Due to frequent complaints from the farmers that the water in the canal does not reach the tail of the canals, the process of post-monsoon cleaning and de-silting of the canals would be initiated across. The process, which would help farmers in plantation of the Rabi crops, would be monitored with the help of drones by the state irrigation department.
A report, along with the videography done of the process showing the state of the canals before the de-silting, during and post process, would then be sent by all the districts concerned to the state government, inform officials.
Be it Kanpur, Meerut, Varanasi or Prayagraj, the entire de-silting and cleaning of the canals would be monitored with the help of drones.
This is in accordance with the state government’s instructions aimed at ensuring proper cleaning of the canals for better irrigations of crops by the farmers across the state, shared a senior state irrigation department official.
For this, tenders have already been invited in Prayagraj for different sections of the canals. Complete videography of 20 minor and major sections of canals of the district will be done under this initiative and its report will be sent to the state government.
“The canals are monitored once before and after the cleaning and de-silting process using drones so as to assess effectiveness of the cleaning and ensure that water is reaching the canal tail. The details collected during the monitoring using the drones are available with us and we provide report to the state government based upon these,” shared SC Yadav, executive engineer, Executive Engineer, Belan Canal Division Prayagraj.
The entire de-silting and cleaning of the canals is to be completed across the state on priority so that water is made available to farmers for planning of the Rabi crops well in time, he explained.