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Lok Sabha Question No. 3814 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Revenue Earned through Auction of Coal Blocks
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY, JAYADEV GALLA

## Government of India Ministry of Coal Lok Sabha

## Unstarred Question No. 3814 To be answered on 08.12.2016

## Revenue Earned through Auction of Coal Blocks

## 38I4.   SHRI GOPAL SHETTY: SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the revenue earned by the Union Government and the various States through the  auctioning  of  coal  mines  in  the  country  and  the  percentage  of  share respectively;
- (b) the methodology/formula adopted to share proceeds of coal auction between Centre and the States;
- (c) the  extent  to  which  the  revenue  is  more  or  less  than  the  revenue  earned during the tenure of previous Government; and
- (d) the  time  by  which  all  the  coal  blocks  are  likely  to  be  allocated  through auction?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR COAL, POWER, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (c): So far, 83 coal mines have been allocated by way of auction / allotment under the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 and the Rules made  thereunder.  Out  of  the  83  coal  mines,  31  have  been  allocated  through  eauction.

Revenue  which would accrue to the coal bearing State  Government concerned  from  allocation  of  the  coal  mines  under  the  provisions  of  the  said  Act comprises  of  Upfront  payment  as  prescribed  in  the  Tender  /Allotment  document, Auction  /  Allotment  proceeds  and  Royalty  on  per  tonne  of  coal  production.  The revenue already generated till  October, 2016 from the  allocation of  83  coal mines under the provisions of the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 is approximately Rs. 2,779.36 crores (excluding Royalty, Cess and Taxes). Of this, Rs. 1,445 crores (approx.) have been generated through auction of 31 coal mines. The entire  revenue  through  auction  of  coal  mines  devolves  to  the  coal  bearing  State Government concerned and is being deposited with them.

As no auctions were conducted earlier for allocation of coal mines / blocks, no revenue accrued to the Exchequer on this account.

(d): Auction of coal mines is an ongoing process. Hence, no timeline has been fixed for the auction of the remaining Coal Mines.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3812 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: New Mine Surveillance System
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3812 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2016

## New Mine Surveillance System

## 3812. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will the MINISTER OF COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has prepared any action plan for the new mine surveillance system through a dashboard and mobile application;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the extent to which it is likely to be useful for efficiently regulate the system to avoid loopholes and to stop the unauthorized mining in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL, POWER,    NEW  AND  RENEWABLE  ENERGY  AND  MINES  (SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) & (b): The Ministry of Mines, through Indian Bureau of Mines )IBM(, has developed the  Mining  Surveillance  System  (MSS),  in  collaboration  with  Ministry  of  Electronics  and Information  Technology  (MeitY)  and  Bhaskaracharya  Institute  for  Space  Applications  and Geo-informatics )BISAG(,  Gandhinagar,  to  use  space  technology  for  facilitating  State Governments in curbing illegal mining activities in the country.

An executive dashboard has been designed under MSS to work as a decision support system.    A  user-friendly  mobile  app  has  been  created  to  be  used  by  district  level  mining officials of state Governments to submit compliance reports of their inspections.  This mobile app can also be used by general public for reporting likely illegal mining cases.

- (c): The  system  checks  to  the  extent  of  500  meters  around  the  existing  mining  lease boundary  to  search  for  any  unusual  activity  which  is  likely  to  be  illegal  mining  .Any discrepancy if found is flagged-off as a trigger, which requires filed verification to be done by the  officials  of  the  mining  department  of  the  State  Government.    The  MSS  has  been developed for major mineral leases in the country.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3811 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Status of High Risk Projects
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: CH. MALLA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3811

ANSWERED ON 08 TH  DECEMBER, 2016

## STATUS OF HIGH RISK PROJECTS

3811.   SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any study has been conducted by CRISIL on the progress of high-risk projects, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether a CRISIL study says an analysis of 85 under construction and 104 operational Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) and annuity projects awarded by NHAI shows there has been a 13% reduction in high-risk projects over the past fiscal;
- (c) if so, the factual position thereof;
- (d) whether this sets to pick up private participation, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a)  to (e) Yes  Madam,  In  October,  2016,  Credit  Rating  Information  Services  of  India Limited (CRISIL) has published a report on Highways Construction with title 'New roads, Old pain'  which  is  available  in  public  domain.  The  report  outlined  that  Highway  building  in  the country has improved, but many projects are still hobbling. The actual position is that a total of 73  National  Highway  projects  with  aggregate  length  of  around  8310  km  were  stalled  due  to various  reasons  including  delays  in  land  acquisition  and  utility  shifting,  non-availability  of Soil/Aggregates, poor performance of contractors, delay in statutory clearances, public agitation, disputes  etc.  Most  of  such  projects  have  effectively  been  put  back  on  track.  Out  of  these  73 projects,  10  are  still  stalled.  To  revive  stalled/languishing  highways  projects,  Government  has permitted one time fund infusion to revive and physically complete such projects under PublicPrivate Partnership (PPP) mode and has also allowed Rationalised Compensation to concessionaires,  in  case  delays  are  not  attributable  to  them,  to  increase  fund  flow  into  the highway  sector.  Various  steps  have  also  been  taken  by  the  Government/National  Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to remove the hurdles affecting the construction of national highway projects including streamlining of land acquisition and regulatory clearances, close coordination with other ministries, revamped Disputes Resolution Mechanism etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3810 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Rehabilitation of Evacuees of Polavaram Project
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAVINDRA BABU  PANDULA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF LAND RESOURCES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3810 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2016 Rehabilitation of Evacuees of Polavaram Project

## 3810. DR. RAVINDRA BABU :

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government proposes to implement a relief and rehabilitation  package  for  the  people  displaced  due  to  Polavaram  project under the Land Acquisition Act;
- (b)               if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  compensation  and  other  benefits proposed to be provided to the displaced people; and
- (c)                  the  progress made till date and the timeline for implementation of the said relief package?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

- (a)  to  (c)         As  per  information  received  from the  Ministry  of  Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Rehabilitation and Resettlement in the Polavaram  Irrigation  Project  is  being  implemented  by  the  Government  of Andhra Pradesh  as  per  Government  Order  Memorandum  (G.O.M.)  No.  68 dated 08-04-2005 for acquisitions upto 31-12-2013 and as per the provisions for Rehabilitation and Resettlement contained in the Right to Fair Compensation  and  Transparency  in  Land  Acquisition,  Rehabilitation  and Resettlement   (RFCTLARR)  Act,  2013  for  acquisitions  from  01-01-2014 onwards.

Total  Project  Affected  Families/  Project  Displaced  Families  (PDF)  are 87,176. The  estimated  cost for providing land for Rehabilitation  and Resettlement (R&R) centers, housing and individual benefits is Rs. 17779.90 crore.  Total  expenditure  incurred  as  on  30-09-2016  for  Rehabilitation  of 3852  PDFs  is  Rs.  365.60  crore.  Rehabilitation  and  Resettlement  of  the affected  people  is  implemented  in  a  phased  manner  depending  on  the progress of the work in each area of the project.
Lok Sabha Question No. 3807 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: NH with Single Lane
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: DUSHYANT SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3807

ANSWERED ON 8 TH  DECEMBER, 2016

## NH WITH SINGLE LANE

3807. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the percentage and status of National Highways (NHs) that are of single lane; and
- (b) the details regarding reduction in percentage of single lane National Highways during the last three years?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

- (a) and (b) The Ministry declares State Roads as new National Highways (NHs) from time to time depending upon the requirement of connectivity, inter-se priority and availability of funds.

The development and maintenance of NHs is a continuous process. The works on NHs, including their widening and strengthening etc., are, accordingly, taken up from time to time as per availability of funds, inter-se priority and traffic density.

The details of total length of NHs, the length of Single/ Intermediate lane (SL/IL) NHs and their percentages as compared to the total NH length during the last three years and as on 30.09.2016 are given below:-

| Status as on                                  | 31.03.2014   | 31.03.2015   | 31.03.2016   | 30.09.2016   |
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| Total Length of NHs (in km)                   | 91,287       | 97,991       | 1,01,010     | 1,03,613     |
| Total Length of SL/IL NHs (in km)             | 27,516       | 31,089       | 20,701       | 22,388       |
| SL/IL NHs as a percentage of total NHs length | 30.14        | 31.72        | 20.49        | 21.61        |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3806 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Rural Development Scheme’s
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PARVATAGOUDA CHANDANAGOUDA GADDIGOUDAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .3806

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.1 2.2016

## RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME'S

## 3806. SHRI P.C. GADDIGOUDAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government proposes to increase the allocation of funds to the S for various rural development schemes/programmes being implemented by it;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to make various rural development schemes/programmes more result oriented ensuring proper utilization of funds provi for them?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV )

- (a) and (b) : The  Government  has  increased  allocation  of  funds  for  Department  of  Rural Development from Rs. 86055.80 crore in Budget Estimate (BE) 2016 - 17 to Rs. 95060.03 crore in Revised Estimate (RE) 2016 - 17 to implement rural development schemes. This will in t urn increase the availability of funds to the States. The BE and RE 2015 - 16  and  BE  2016 - 17  for major rural development programmes are given at Annex ure .
- (c) : In order to ensure efficient implementation and proper utilization of funds at th rootslevel, the Ministry of Rural Development has evolved a comprehensive multi - level  and multi - tool  system  of  monitoring,  namely,  Utilization  Certificates/  Audit  Reports,  Revie Union Ministers, Performance Review Committee (PRC) meeting, Online Monitoring through programme  specific  Management Information Systems (MIS), Vigilance &  Monitoring Committees  (VMC),  National  Level  Monitors  (NLMs),  Common  Review  Mission  and Area Officer's Scheme .

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Annex ure

## Annex ure referred to in reply to part (a) and (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3806 due for reply on 08.12.2016

## Budget Estimate(BE) and Revised Estimate (RE) 2015- 16 and Budget Estimate 2016 - 17 for major rural development programmes

(Rs in Crore)

| Sl No   | Name of Programme                                               | 2015- 16   | 2015- 16   | 2016- 17   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|
|         |                                                                 | BE         | RE         | BE         |
| 1       | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act          | 34699.00   | 37345.96   | 38500.00   |
| 2       | Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin                            | 10025.00   | 10320.58   | 15000.00   |
| 3       | Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana                                | 14291.00   | 18291.00   | 19000.00   |
| 4       | Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission | 2505.00    | 2519.40    | 3000.00    |
| 5       | National Social Assistance Programme                            | 9082.00    | 8619.59    | 9500.00    |
Lok Sabha Question No. 3805 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Stable Policy Regime for Renewable Energy Projects
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: ANOOP MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3805 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2016

## STABLE POLICY REGIME FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS

## 3805.  SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has made any changes in the schemes for providing financial assistance to various new and renewable energy projects during the last two years;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the manner in which the Government is likely to ensure a stable policy regime?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR POWER, COAL, NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY &  MINES (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) & (b): In  order  to  achieve  the  renewable  energy  target  of  175  GW  by  the  year  2022,  the  major programmes/ schemes on implementation of Solar Park, Solar Defence Scheme, Solar scheme for CPUs Solar PV power plants on Canal Bank and Canal Tops, Solar Pump, Solar Rooftop etc have been launched during the last two years.

- (c): Various  policy  measures  have  been  initiated  and  special  steps  taken  in  addition  to  providing  financial support  to  various  schemes  being  implemented  by  the  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  for achieving the target of  renewable energy capacity to 175 GW by the year 2022. These include, inter alia,  suitable amendments to the Electricity Act and Tariff Policy for strong enforcement of Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)  and  for  providing  Renewable  Generation  Obligation  (RGO);  setting  up  of  exclusive  solar  parks; development  of  power  transmission  network  through  Green  Energy  Corridor  project;  identification  of  large government  complexes/  buildings  for  rooftop  projects;  provision  of  roof  top  solar  and  10  percent  renewable energy as mandatory under Mission Statement and Guidelines for development of smart cities; amendments in building  bye-laws  for  mandatory  provision  of  roof  top  solar  for  new  construction  or  higher  Floor  Area  Ratio; infrastructure status for solar projects; raising tax free solar bonds; providing long tenor loans; making roof top solar as a part of housing loan by banks/ NHB; incorporating measures in Integrated Power Development Scheme (IPDS)  for  encouraging  distribution  companies  and  making  net-metering  compulsory  and  raising  funds  from bilateral and international donors as also the Green Climate Fund to achieve the target.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3796 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Unsafe Runways
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: RAGHAV LAKHANPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIA TION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED NO. : 3796 (To be answered on the December 2016)

## UNSAFE RUNWAYS

## 3796. SHRI RAGHAV LAKHANPAL

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether there are some airports in the country which have small runways and are situated in small and crowded areas;
- whether some of these airports in the country are unsafe for the operation of big aircraft; and
- (b) if s0, the details thereof;
- (d) if s0, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government for expansion of such runways?

## ANSWER

(Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati)

Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

(a) & (b) : Yes, Madam\_ There are some airports in the country like Ludhiana Airport in Punjab, Kota Airport in Rajasthan, Cooch Behar Airport in West Bengal, Patna Airport in Bihar and Rajkot Airport in Gujarat which have small runway and are situated in small and crowded areas

(d) Runway of Ludhiana, Kota and Cooch Behar airports are suitable for operation of aircraft upto ATR type: Operation of runways at Patna and Rajkot airports are restricted upto A-320 and B-737 aircraft respectively: Expansion of runways of Patna, Kota and Rajkot airports have been found not feasible due to land constraints on account of all around habitations around these airports\_

(c) Runway of a particular airport is developed for operation of-a specific type of aircraft depending on the traffic demand, availability of land etc The runway designed for smaller aircraft is not safe for bigger aircraft:

Expansion of runways and Upgradation of airports is a continuous process and is undertaken by the Airports Authority of India from time to time depending o the operational requirements, traffic demand, commercial viability, availability of land etc.
Lok Sabha Question No. 3795 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Database on Safety Related Issues
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: E. T. MOHAMMED BASHEER

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  have  database  on  the  safety  related  issues  and  allied matters of the bridges in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) if not, whether the Government proposes to have such a study in future and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

- (a)  &  (b)  Yes  Madam.  Recently,  the  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  and  Highways  has established an Indian Bridge Management System (IBMS) for preparing the data base of all the  existing  bridges  on  National  Highways,  by  carrying  out  the  inventory  and  condition survey for deciding the requirement of repair, rehabilitation, reconstruction for ensuring the safety of bridges.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINITRTY OF ROAD TRANPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3795

ANSWERED ON 8 TH  DECEMBER, 2016

## DATABASE ON SAFETY RELATED ISSUES

3795. SHRI E.T.MOHAMMED BASHEER:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री
Lok Sabha Question No. 3794 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Technology for Use of Domestic Coal in Power Plants
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY, CHINTAMANI MALVIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3794 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2016

## TECHNOLOGY FOR USE OF DOMESTIC COAL IN POWER PLANTS

†3794. DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY: PROF. CHINTAMANI MALVIYA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  thermal  power  plants  cannot  use  domestic  coal  with their present design and technology;

- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

- (c) whether the Government proposes to modify the present design and technology of the power plants so that they can generate power by using domestic coal; and

- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, COAL, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) : No,  Madam.    Most  of  the  thermal  Power  Plants  in  India  are designed to use domestic coal.

(b) to (d) : Do not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3793 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Pranahita Chevella Irrigation Project
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: NANDI YELLAIAH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3793

ANSWERED ON 08.12.2016

## PRANAHITA CHEVELLA IRRIGATION PROJECT

## 3793. SHRI  NANDI YELLAIAH

Will  the  Minister  of  WATER  RESOURCES,  RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND  GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state: (a) the amount spent for various works completed towards the construction of Pranahita Chevella Irrigation  Project  as  on  date  and  the  progress  made  so  far  including  the  time  required  for completion of this project; (b) the detailed advantages and benefits of this project to Telangana; (c) whether Telangana has requested for a change in the design of this project, if so, the details

- thereof; and
- (d) the details of action taken/to be taken in this regard by the Government?

## ANSWER

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

(Dr. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

(a,  c  &d)  The  Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  of  Pranahita-Chevella  Irrigation  Project  was examined  by  Central  Water  Commission  (CWC)  and  certain  observations/shortcomings  were communicated to the State Government. The State Government agreed to revise the DPR during the meeting held by the then Additional Secretary, MoWR, RD& GR on 05.09.2015. The State Government has not submitted the revised DPR.

- (b) As  per  earlier  DPR,  the  project  envisages  to  utilize  20  TMC  of  water  from  River Godavari through Sripada Yellampally project, irrigate 6.63 lakh hectare of area in Telangana, provide drinking water to enroute villages and twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad etc.

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