Centre, ADB Sign USD 50 Million Loan For Climate-Adaptative Water Harvesting Project In Meghalaya
The Central government today signed a 50 million dollar loan with the Asian Development Bank for a climate-adaptive water harvesting project in Meghalaya.
The project will support the construction of more than 500 small water storage facilities across 12 districts in the state. The project will develop three thousand hectares of command area to provide reliable irrigation areas for farmers.
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The project will also establish 50 weather stations for climate data gathering and monitoring, and micro-irrigation systems in Garo, Jaintia, and Khasi regions.
