Hisar, Oct. 23 -- In a transformative step towards water conservation and groundwater protection, the Haryana government is rolling out a Rs 106.28-crore smart irrigation project that will channel treated wastewater from Hisar city through an underground pressurised pipeline network to the fields of 971 farmers across three villages, a move aimed at shrinking the agriculture sector's dependence on tubewells and canal supplies.
OSD to the Chief Minister Virendra Singh Badhkhalsa, who chaired a direct farmer dialogue programme at Gawad village on Friday, shared the project blueprint and fielded questions on water quality, irrigation scheduling, electricity costs and maintenance, assuring farmers that their existing tubewell and canal water e...