Phone : 02742 - 252530

Fax : 02742 - 252740

E-mail : chitnis-ban@.gov.in; [email protected]

New Vision – 2022 ( )

 The Targets Indentified by Various Departments for the District for vision 2022 are as mentioned below.  Preparing Suez treatment plan for Disposal of sewerage water in 5 out of 6 Nagarpalikas of the District.  To fill Sipu and Mukteshvar schemes by the water of Narmada. The water will be diverted from Narmada main canal. For this scheme 102.50 k.m. pipeline will be laid and 5 talukas namely Vadgam, , Lakhni, and Dantiwada will be benefitted by this scheme for Irrigation water as well as Drinking water needs for over 300 villages.  Extending the coverage area of Micro Irrigation System in the District : The Detail planning year wise for the above is given below. 2017 – 18 : 44915 Hector 2018 – 19 : 44915 Hector 2019 – 20 : 44915 Hector 2020 – 21 : 57790 Hector 2021 – 22 : 57790 Hector Thus the total irrigated area of the District will be cover by Micro Irrigation System.  To Reduce Drop Out Ratio From 8 th Standard to 9 th standard : The Present Drop out ratio of the students of 9th standard from 8th is almost 15 %. It is targeted to bring down the Present Drop Out Ratio to less than 5% in coming two years.

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Phone : 02742 - 252530

Fax : 02742 - 252740

E-mail : [email protected]; [email protected]

 House to House water connection in all Villages of the District : It is planned that all the Households of 1243 villages of the District to be covered by Water connection in all the houses. WASMO will be the Nodal agency for the above task is also identified.  To make District Kerosene Free : There is a Planning to make District Kerosene free by extending the benefits of “ Pradhanmantri Ujjawala Yojana ”. Thus total number of Rest 3,10,415 ration card holders are planned to be benefitted from the scheme.  To Increase the Agricultural Output : Presently total 1,98,500 ha. of land is covered under Horticulture crops out of Total 7,41,000 gross cropped area of the district. for better results and increase in the income of the farmers. Mainly it is planned to increase in the area of Vegetable and Fruit crop for sustainable income for the farmers. Also proper I.E.C. has been carried out in this regards by Horticulture department officials to reduce Agriculture Input cost to maximize the output and income for the farmers.  To reduce the Flood risk from the Rel river : The Rel river passing from the taluka of the District had caused huge damage in the 2017 also it had done some damage in 2015 also. The River has a abrupt end near Dhanera city. Due to the abrupt end it causes devastation in nearly 4 to 5 taluks. Due to it a very huge agricultural loss also happens. As a longer term planning many measures are required to be taken. Also had planned some measures and detail proposal regarding the issue is also submitted to higher level for reducing the risk due to flood situation created by Rel river in the Banaskantha District.

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Phone : 02742 - 252530

Fax : 02742 - 252740

E-mail : [email protected]; [email protected]

 Enhancing better services in the field of Electricity : - 4 new 220 k.v. and 21 new 66 k.v. sub-stations are planned. - To strengthen Electricity Infrastructure in the Urban areas of the District under IPDS scheme. - Division of all the overload feeder. - To strengthen Electricity Infrastructure in the Rural areas of the District under “ Deen dayal upadhyay Gram jyoti yojana ” scheme. - Underground cables in the municipality areas of the District. - To Dispose of all the pending applications for agricultural electricity connections.

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