{"id":54611,"date":"2025-11-06T19:10:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=54611"},"modified":"2025-11-06T19:11:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:41:03","slug":"barinder-goyal-shahpur-kandi-dam-completion-a-historic-achievement-of-mann-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/punjab\/barinder-goyal-shahpur-kandi-dam-completion-a-historic-achievement-of-mann-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Barinder Goyal: Shahpur Kandi Dam completion a historic achievement of Mann Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Canal water now reaches 64% of Punjab\u2019s fields, saving groundwater and future generations<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Punjab E News:<\/span> Punjab Cabinet Minister Barinder Goyal today said that the completion of Shahpur Kandi Dam is a historic milestone achieved under Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann\u2019s leadership, fulfilling a key promise made by the AAP government in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Goyal said, \u201cThis project was launched in 2012 but in ten years, only 50% of work was completed under previous regimes. In contrast, in just three years, the Mann government finished the project and CM Mann recently inaugurated it. This is a government that delivers on its guarantees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that before the AAP government, only 24% of Punjab\u2019s fields received canal water, but today, 64% of agricultural land is being irrigated through canal systems, a massive leap forward in saving Punjab\u2019s groundwater and farming community. \u201cIn many areas, farmers are receiving canal water after 40 years. People are overjoyed. This is what visionary governance looks like, thinking for the next generation and acting to protect Punjab\u2019s future,\u201d said Goyal.<\/p>\n<p>He further stated that while earlier governments ignored Punjab\u2019s worsening dark zones, the Mann government has shown the political will to revive traditional water sources and promote sustainable agriculture. \u201cThe AAP government works not for headlines but for results,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canal water now reaches 64% of Punjab\u2019s fields, saving groundwater and future generations Punjab E News: Punjab Cabinet Minister Barinder Goyal today said that the completion of Shahpur Kandi Dam is a historic milestone achieved under Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann\u2019s leadership, fulfilling a key promise made by the AAP government in 2022. 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