The Centre on Wednesday approved irrigation schemes worth Rs 145 crore for Himachal Pradesh, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said.
Thakur, after a meeting with Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, said the government sanctioned 14 micro-irrigation schemes worth Rs 141.76 crore and Rs 2.21 crore under the National Hydrology Project.
The minister said the irrigation projects are a boon for the farmers of Himachal Pradesh and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shekhawat for approving those.
