Kachhi Canal to fulfill long standing demand of locals: Muhammad Khan Lehri.

QUETTA -- Balochistan Minister for Irrigation, Muhammad Khan Lehri said the completion of Kachhi Canal project would fulfil the long-standing demand of the people of Balochistan and exert a positive impact on the economy of the entire region.

Talking to reporter, he said the canal was a vital project to alleviate poverty and eradicate extremism in remote areas of the province by developing an agro-based economy.

'It is a good sign for the province that the land being cultivated in Sui and adjacent areas of the Dera Bugti district through the existing Kachhi Canal has brought a phenomenal change in the livelihood of the locals,' Lehri said.

With the completion of Phase 2, a new era of development and prosperity would dawn in Naseerabad, Jhal Magsi and Kachhi Districts, he added.

Lehri said the survey work of phase three was in progress and the construction work of the second phase of the project would also be formally initiated.

He said the agriculture sector in Naseerabad district would be further developed and at the time of the closure of the canal system, it would be possible to supply water for irrigation and other needs from the Kachhi canal.

He said that WAPDA had played a very important role in the completion of the canal.

Lehri said that he himself was monitoring the quality of the construction work of the project.

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