Chandigarh, August 20 - Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that tubewell connections will be issued immediately to those adopting micro-irrigation.

The Chief Minister shared this information while speaking on the Calling Attention Motion brought during the first day of the Monsoon session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha that commenced here today. 

He said that a provision has been made to provide 85 percent subsidy to those adopting micro-irrigation.

The Chief Minister said that there is no shortage of electricity in the state. The groundwater level is continuously going down. Due to the over-exploitation of water, a situation of water crisis would arise in the coming time. In many areas, the water level is going down by  1  to 1.5 meters every year, which is a matter of serious concern. If this is not stopped, then there is a possibility that a serious crisis situation would arise in the coming time, said Sh. Manohar Lal.

He said that the government has provided an incentive of Rs 7000 per acre to the farmers who do not sow paddy so as to ensure that situation of water crisis does not arise. Under this scheme, farmers have sown alternative crops other than paddy in one lakh acres. This year the target is to increase it to two lakh acres.

The Chief Minister said that after the announcement on December 27, 2018, thousands of people had applied for tubewell connections within four days. After this, they were asked to deposit Rs 30,000, then out of 84,000 people, only 56,000 deposited the said amount. Our priority is to provide tubewell connections to the depositors, said Sh. Manohar Lal.