CM lays foundation of ₹1,300 cr lift irrigation project in Dumka

Dumka: Chief minister Hemant Soren laid the foundation stone of the much anticipated Masaliya - Raneshwar mega lift irrigation project at Raneshwar in Dumka on Wednesday.
Pegged at Rs 1,300 crore, the project once ready will benefit farmers of 276 villages and irrigate close to 5,5000 acres through underground pipelines. Soren said the project would be completed within three years and the locals will not be displaced for its construction.
“History is being scripted today as not a single family will be displaced," Soren said after taking part in the project’s “bhumi pujan” and laying the foundation stone.
To be constructed by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) private limited, the project will pump water to the fields from the local Siddheshwari river.
A 158-metre barrage is also due to be constructed on the river within three years.
Soren also slammed the BJP while addressing the gathering and said the saffron party was becoming restless after witnessing the development works being undertaken by his government.
"It has never happened before in history when officials as part of Aapki Yojna Sarkar Aapke Dwar programme reach remote pockets to offer benefits o residents under various schemes. Locals don’t have to had to run from pillar to post for the purpose," the chief minister said.
Soren said that the BJP could not digest the people friendly works of his government and therefore resorting to agitations.