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Jharkhand cabinet approves Rs 607 crore irrigation project, Rs 545 crore hospital plan

Ranchi, Oct 27 (UNI) The Jharkhand Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, on Tuesday approved a series of decisions covering irrigation, healthcare, drinking water, rural development, power infrastructure and mineral exploration.
The Cabinet approved Rs 607.03 crore for the Neemdih-Kukru mega-lift irrigation scheme in Seraikela-Kharsawan district. The project envisages lifting water from the Chandil reservoir through underground pipelines to provide irrigation facilities in Neemdih and Kukru blocks.
It also approved a revised estimate of Rs 545.38 crore for a 500-bed hospital at MGM Medical College in Jamshedpur and Rs 284.17 crore for infrastructure linked to Jharkhand Medico City.
To address drinking water shortages, the Cabinet cleared Rs 96.55 crore for installing 7,890 hand pumps across 263 blocks. Another Rs 184.52 crore was approved for electrifying unserved hamlets and households in tribal-majority villages under the Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan.
The Cabinet approved a new animal feed plant in Godda through the Jharkhand Milk Federation, with an initial capacity of 50 metric tonnes per day, expandable to 100 tonnes. The project is estimated to cost Rs 51.49 crore, with Rs 30 crore approved for expenditure in the current financial year.
Other major decisions included Rs 26.78 crore for a 400/200 kV grid substation at Chaibasa, and the transfer of 147.05 acres of land in Latehar district to Hindalco on a 30-year lease for the Chakla coal project.
The Cabinet also approved the Jharkhand Mineral Exploration and Block Development Policy 2026, an amendment to the Mineral Bearing Land Cess Act, and an integrated land acquisition portal for state projects.
It approved additional funding of Rs 128.31 crore for activities linked to Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas, Jharkhand Balika Residential Schools and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Residential Schools.
The Cabinet further cleared the Jharkhand Economic Survey 2026-27 and the Fiscal Policy Strategy Statement and Medium Term Fiscal Plan 2027-28. Special sittings of the sixth Jharkhand Assembly were approved for November 25 and 26.
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