LAHORE: Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that credit goes to the PTI government for launching the Jalalpur Canal Project.
In a statement here Friday, he said that the fate of the people would be changed with the completion of this Rs32.70 billion project which would also ensure progress and prosperity of the area along with the ecosystem’s transformation.
This project would encourage socio-economic and cultural activities in the area, he added. He said that Jalalpur Canal is a complete irrigation system. The 117km long canal would be constructed from Rasool Barrage to Khushab while the length of link canals would be 93-kilometre, he said. Jalalpur Canal system would catalyse a green revolution in 80 surrounding villages of Khushab and Pind Dadan Khan by irrigating more than 1.70 lakh agricultural lands, the chief minister added.
Four lakh persons would be directly facilitated, he said, adding that a plan had been devised to prevent Jalalpur Canal from the devastations of floods; 18 flood control channels would be constructed for the safe disposal of Jhelum River’s floodwater along with the construction of 72 floodwater disposal channels. He said that Jalalpur Canal was not a water channel but a complete water package. On the other side, 17 water drinking outlets would be constructed for the provision of potable water to 26 surrounding villages, concluded the chief minister.