Indira Gandhi Canal Project: How its restoration work in Rajasthan and Punjab was achieved in record time

To realize the goal on time, 1000’s of staff, in addition to authorities officers, labored around the clock following strict Covid protocols.

New report in Indira Gandhi Canal Undertaking: Amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the states of Rajasthan and Punjab achieved civil work of restoring round 70 kilometers of each feeder canals and essential canal of the Indira Gandhi Canal Undertaking in a report time of 60 days. It was a difficult process because the repairs required canals’ closure, whereas 1.75 crore individuals, quite a few cattle, military cantonment alongside the worldwide border in addition to thousand hectares of farms within the state of Rajasthan have been depending on the canals for water. The COVID-19 pandemic added extra challenges to the restoration work. The system’s rehabilitation was wanted urgently as lining of the canals had been severely broken as a result of steady circulation. Thus, to attain the goal on time, 1000’s of staff, in addition to authorities officers, labored around the clock following strict Covid protocols.

For the canal restoration work, the Rajasthan feeder of the Indira Gandhi Canal Undertaking was closed and it had immediately impacted necessities of ingesting, irrigation, military cantonment alongside the worldwide border in addition to industrial usages within the state’s border districts. The Rajasthan authorities had labored a water contingency plan for a period of sixty days for these areas and outlined a strict deadline for restore work of the 90 km lengthy stretch of the Indira Gandhi feeder and essential canal.

Throughout 60 days closure from 30 March to twenty-eight Might 2021, relining of almost 23 Km lengthy stretch, costing an quantity of Rs 202.92 crore, was efficiently executed by Punjab and through 30 day closure interval from 29 April to twenty-eight Might 2021, relining of about 47 Km lengthy stretch, costing to Rs 238 crore, was executed by the state of Rajasthan efficiently.

One other main process was that the feeder canal had a mattress width of roughly 40 metres with a aspect sloping peak of 11.5 metres. Concreting in mattress needed to be performed in three strips. Thus, every day, round 13650 cubic meter of concrete wanted to be laid. To finish the duty, a three-shift, 24X7 work plan was executed by the Rajasthan Water Sector Restructuring Undertaking for Desert areas (RWSRPD). Accordingly, set up and commissioning of round 81 Batching plant, as many as 320 Transit mixtures, 150 Paver in addition to deployment of over 3500 expert and semi-skilled labour was performed with assist of 73 contractors.