Union Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharti today said that all the projects of her ministry will be completed by 2019. She was launching the Centre's extensive water conservation programme for drought prone areas of the country at Bandri in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh today. <br/><br/>She said that 99 projects worth 77 thousand crore rupees have been sanctioned by her ministry. Ms Bharti said after completion of these projects area of irrigation will increase and Farmers will be well off. <br/><br/>She said that the extensive water conservation programme which will be implemented in Bundelkhand, Marathwada, Kalahandi, Bolangir and Koraput, aims to increase area of irrigation and protect the water resources. <br/><br/>Our Bhopal correspondent reports that under the programme, the Union Water Resources and River Development Ministry has prepared a master plan for artificial recharge of ground water in Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh along with some other regions of the country. <br/><br/>Around 2000 percolation tanks, 55000 small check dams and Nala bunds and 17000 Recharge shafts have been identified in MP's Bundelkhand. The Union Water Resources and River Development Ministry has taken up new initiatives under National Ground Water Management Improvement Schemes. Five districts of Bundelkhand region of MP covering an area of over 8000 sq km have been considered under these initiatives.