Govt announces â¹6k crore World Bank-backed irrigation scheme
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday announced World Bank-backed â¹6,000 crore scheme to improve the irrigation facilities and water accessibility capacity in several states including Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana. Gadkari also announced â¹25,000 crore-worth Daman Ganga-Pinjar inter-state river connectivity project, which is expected to resolve the domestic water supply demand of Mumbai.