Lok Sabha Question No. 4545 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-22
Subject: Desilting of Water Bodies
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN, R.K. BHARATHI MOHAN, PR. SENTHILNATHAN, V. SATHYABAMA

## 4545.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES,

## RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 4545 ANSWERED ON 22.0 3.201 8

## DESILTING OF WATER B ODIES

SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN SHRI BHARATHI MOHAN R.K. SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA

Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Union Government has allocated any funds to desilt, expand and renovat bodies including dams in the country es pecially Tamil Nadu during the last three years;

(b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(c) whether any other special component funds from both Union Government and foreign financ institutions for the said projects have been granted; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  WATER  RESOURCES, RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND GANGA REJUVENATION & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

## ( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

(a)& (b) De - siltation of water bodies and dams is prime responsibility of owners of water bodies and dam owners who are generally State Governments or Central PSUs like BBMB, NHPC etc.  In order  to  supplement  the  efforts  of  the  State  Governments,  Ministry  of  Water  Resources Development  and  Ganga  Rejuvenation  (MoWR,  RD  &  GR)  provides  technical  and  financial assistance  to  encourage  sustainable  development  a nd  efficient  management  of  water  resources through various schemes and programmes such as Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of water bodies scheme and Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Programme (DRIP).

Government  of  India  has  released  Rs.55.29  cr ore  as  central  assistance  to  various  State under  RRR  of  water  bodies  scheme  of  PMKSY  (Har  Khet  ko  Pani)  during  FY  2017 - 18  (till 10.03.2018).  Central  Government  has  released  central  assistance  of  Rs.9.2235  crore  t Nadu, during last 3 years, under th e RRR of water bodies scheme.

Government of India, with financial assistance from the World Bank, started Rehabilitation  and  Improvement  Project  (DRIP)  in  2012  for  rehabilitation  of  223 projects, initially in 4 States (namely Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and Tamil Nadu) and Central  Water  Commission  (CWC).  Later,  Karnataka  Water  Resources  Department, Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) and UJVN Limited joined the project.

DRIP is a State sector scheme with two central components i.e. for CWC & DVC. the expenditure is incurred by the DRIP Implementing Agencies (IAs) from their budg reimbursed by the World Bank (to the tune of 80% of the total expenditure incurred).

Under DRIP, de - siltation works of two dams of Tamil Nadu Generation and Distributi Company (TANGEDCO), namely, Kundahapalam and Papanasam have been taken up at a cost of Rs.18.19 crores and Rs.13.26 crores respectively.

(c)& (d)    Tamil  Nadu  Irrigated Agriculture  Modernization  and  Water  Bodies  Restoration  and Management  Project  Phase -I  was  received  in  2007  for  external  funding  of  $  335  million  f World Bank. The project was completed on 15.01.2016.

Tamil  Nadu  Irrigated  Agriculture  Modernization  and Water  Resources  Management Project Phase - 2 was approved and recommended by MoWR, RD & GR . The project was sent to Department of Economic Affairs on 29.6.2015 for external funding agency from the World B The main objective of this project is to increas e irrigated agriculture productivity in a sustaina water resource management framework for selected Cauvery sub - basin stakeholders. World Bank has accepted the project for loan assistance on 26.10.2015.

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