Chandigarh, March 17:- Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal visited the Hathni Kund Barrage area and viewed the proposal to construct a new dam with a more water-holding capacity above the Hathni Kund Barrage near the Power Grid and villages Madho Bans and Banjara Bans, falling under Kalesar Gram Panchayat on Yamuna River today.

To explore the proposal of constructing a new dam with more water holding capacity above the Hathni Kund Barrage, the Chief Minister viewed the site and discussed the proposal in detail, with the officials of the Irrigation Department along with the officials of other departments.

Giving information about the same, an official spokesperson said that during his visit, the Chief Minister discussed the proposed layout plan of constructing a new dam above Hathni Kund Barrage. After going through the layout plan, the Chief Minister visited the rest house of the forest department at village Madho Bans and inspected the proposed area while standing on the bank of Yamuna River.

At the rest house, the Chief Minister Manohar Lal held a meeting and discussed the proposal of constructing a new dam with the officials of the irrigation department and other concerned departments.

While holding a meeting and showing his concern to prevent the area from flood-like situation during heavy rains, The Chief Minister said that the State government have been planning to acquire land of some villages of Himachal Pradesh along with village Kalesar, Madho Bans and Banjara Bans, to construct a dam with higher water holding capacity in order to prevent the nearby areas from flood-like situations during the heavy rains as the flow of the water is not allowed in the canals during the rains and the possibility of flood-like situation increases while releasing water in the Yamuna River from Hathni Kund Barrage. The Chief Minister said that the proposal of constructing the dam will also be discussed with the Government of Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal instructed the senior officials of the Irrigation Department of Haryana during the meeting that there is heavy rainfall in the mountains and glaciers also melt during summers and the water goes waste in the rivers during the rainy season which arises the flood-like situations, so the proposal of constructing a big dam above the Hathni Kund Barrage on the Yamuna river, should be inspected before initiating the work plan of constructing the dam.

He said that in southern Haryana, the canal irrigation system can be strengthened by constructing the dams. Moreover, Hydroelectric power houses can also be built on these dams, The Chief Minister added.

He instructed the concerned officers to initiate the work of filling up all the ponds of Southern Haryana with the water of Yamuna and other rivers in order to use rain and the river water.

He said that Motor of 65-70 Horsepower is required to be installed on the tube wells in the fields of southern Haryana region and if there will be a facility of irrigation using canal water, then there would be no need for these motors and farmers will be able to irrigate their fields with fresh water which will also improve the water level.

Education Minister, Mr. Kanwar Pal and Additional Chief Secretary Irrigation and Water Resources, Mr. Devender Singh was also present while inspecting the site.

During his visit, The Chief Minister also visited Lal Dhang at the border of Haryana Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. Later the Chief Minister performed 'Jalabhishek' at Shri Mahakaleshwar Math, Kalesar in Yamunanagar