Punjab initiates modern irrigation projects worth Rs2.25b

LAHORE: The Punjab government has started projects worth Rs2.25 billion to promote modern system of irrigation and technology suitable for weather conditions, said Provincial Agriculture Minister Naeem Akhtar Khan Bhabha on Saturday. He said that ongoing projects include drip/sprinkle irrigation system, for which the government was providing 60% subsidy, installation of tunnel on which 50% subsidy was being provided, while 80% subsidy was being given for running drip irrigation system on solar system. Bhabha said that from FY2016-17 till now, drip irrigation system had been installed on more than 11,000 acres of land; tunnel farming on more than 350 acres of land, while on an area of more than 1,500 acres, drip/sprinkle irrigation system with solar system had been installed.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 26^th, 2017.

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