Maharashtra has set an ambitious target of taking its irrigation potential to 40 per cent with investments worth Rs 50,000 crore in the next two years. Maharashtra has set an ambitious target of taking its irrigation potential to 40 per cent with investments worth Rs 50,000 crore in the next two years. Maharashtra has set an ambitious target of taking its irrigation potential to 40 per cent with investments worth Rs 50,000 crore in the next two years. At present the state’s irrigation potential is 22 per cent. The detailed report, which was presented at the meeting, states, “The completion of 114 irrigation projects in the suicide prone districts of Maharashtra would help in creating irrigation potential 4.2 lakh hectares.

Source: Indian Express September 09, 2017 00:56 UTC