<span style="color: #222222;">Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today said that his government has prepared a 260-crore rupee project to provide irrigation facilities by pumping ground water and is awaiting the Centre's approval.<br />'' <br />''Launching 'Anganphou Hunba' (Early Paddy Crop) programme at Arapti Mayai Leikai in Imphal East this morning, the Chief Minister said, the government has planned to provide irrigation water by the Minor Irrigation Department to places having adequate arable land and large number of farmers.<br />''<br />''Mr Biren Singh said, the government has also taken up steps to produce sufficient quantity of fishes by providing loans to 800 selected fish farmers. It is being done with a view to save around 400 crore rupees spent every year in importing fishes from outside, he said. He further said that Van Dhan Yojana is being implemented in the hill districts to save horticultural products. He said that scheme will also be introduced in the valley districts.</span><br />