A team of officers has been constituted by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, to visit selected districts of western Uttar Pradesh particularly Meerut and Muzaffarnagar to study status of irrigation development and implementation of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojna.
The list of members includes C.M. Pandey, Addl. Commissioner, Deptt. Of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; G.N. Sharma, Consultant, (MGNREGA), Ministry of Rural Development; Dr. Pritam Singh, Asst. Commissioner, Department of Land Resources; Saroj Singh, Addl.Director(Agri.) Government of Uttar Pradesh and Dr. Munish Kumar, IARI, New Delhi
The team will visit the villages namely Mukundpur, Kharad, Bhora Kalan, Kuba, Barwala, Mandi and Gangdheli of Muzzafarnagar Districts on 14.06.2016 and 15.06.2016 and submit the report at the earliest.
The team would primarily assess the existing water bodies including farm ponds and other sources of irrigation in the districts and review implementation of various components of PMKSY;
At the conclusion of their visit they would suggest measures for improving ground water recharge in the Dark and Grey blocks, reads a PIB release from the Ministry.