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NABARD breather for small farmers in Chhattisgarh's un-electrified villages

This will be the first project of NABARD to provide solar pump sets for the minor irrigation project

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R Krishna Das Raipur
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned project to provide solar powered irrigation pump sets under Saur Sujala Scheme in Chhattisgarh’s un-electrified villages. These villages are situated mostly in the Naxal-hit zones of Bastar district.

This will be the first project of NABARD to provide solar pump sets for the minor irrigation project. The move would bring a big relief for the farmers in un-electrified villages enabling to take multi crops.

“The NABARD Chhattisgarh region has earmarked Rs 5 billion during financial year 2017-18 for the Saur Sujala pump sets project,” N P Mohapatra, Chief GM

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