The Nohar irrigation project, supplying water to the agricultural fields in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan, is getting a boost with the repairing of Ferozepur feeder in neighbouring Punjab. The work will increase the capacity and the flow of water in the canal. The canal’s capacity is set to get enhanced from 226 cusecs to 332 cusecs after the completion of work. The work has been launched following the intervention of the Central Water Commission. A four-member technical committee had earlier recommended the remodelling of the Nohar feeder after the Nehrana head in view of the availability of water in the project being less than the prescribed share for Rajasthan. Official sources said here on Friday that both the Rajasthan and the Punjab governments had agreed to work jointly to increase the water supply to the Nohar project. Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat convened a meeting of officials from both the States recently for taking up renovation work at Baruwali distributary and Fatehabad branch. The Rajasthan government has sent a pre-feasibility report with an …