{"id":59078,"date":"2019-12-26T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T09:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=59078"},"modified":"2019-12-26T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T09:30:09","slug":"pm-inaugurate-jalalpur-canal-project-proposed-during-raj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-inaugurate-jalalpur-canal-project-proposed-during-raj.html","title":{"rendered":"PM to inaugurate Jalalpur Canal project proposed during the Raj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan is expected to lay down the foundation stone for the 115-kilometre-long Jalalpur Sharif Irrigation Project (JIP) \u2014 first proposed over 122 years ago, during the British Raj \u2014 today (Thursday), a news source reported. As per details, the premier is scheduled to attend the inauguration ceremony in Jhelum \u2013 accompanied by Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar, Minister for Science &amp; Technology Fawad Chaudhry, and senior Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Khan Tareen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-reviews-psdp-projects-orders-timely-completion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PM reviews PSDP projects; orders timely completion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/adb-grants-loan-of-usd-270-million-for-jalalpur-canal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">funding the project<\/a> with a loan worth PKR 32.7 billion. The initiative comprises a new non-perennial irrigation system for enhancing the agricultural produce in Pindadan Khan and Khaushab areas \u2013 having been under consideration since 1930. PTI leader Nazar Gondal said that the canal\u2019s development was first proposed in 1898 (122 years ago) during the British rule.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/buzdar-inaugurates-technical-training-institute-other-development-projects.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buzdar inaugurates technical training institute, other development projects<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The proposed canal will begin from the left bank of Rasul Barrage and provide 1,350 cusecs of water for irrigation. It will also pass from under the Lahore-Islamabad (M2) Motorway \u2013 for which the authorities concerned have already set up a culvert. Moreover, the JIP canal will have a distribution system of 23 distributary channels, over 780 hydraulic structures, and 10 minor canals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan is expected to lay down the foundation stone for the 115-kilometre-long Jalalpur Sharif Irrigation Project (JIP) \u2014 first proposed over 122 years ago, during the British Raj \u2014 today (Thursday), a news source reported. As per details, the premier is scheduled to attend the inauguration ceremony in Jhelum \u2013 accompanied by Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman Buzdar, Minister for Science &amp; Technology Fawad Chaudhry, and senior Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Jahangir Khan Tareen. Read:\u00a0PM reviews PSDP projects; orders timely completion The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is funding the project with a loan worth PKR 32.7 billion. The initiative comprises a new non-perennial irrigation system for enhancing the agricultural produce in Pindadan Khan and Khaushab areas \u2013 having been under consideration since 1930. PTI leader Nazar Gondal said that the canal\u2019s development was first proposed in 1898 (122 years ago) during the British rule. Read:\u00a0Buzdar inaugurates technical training institute, other development projects The proposed canal will begin from the left bank of Rasul Barrage and provide 1,350 cusecs of water for irrigation. It will also pass from under the Lahore-Islamabad (M2) Motorway \u2013 for which the authorities concerned have already set up a culvert. 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