Lok Sabha Question No. 6320 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-05
Subject: North Koel Reservoir Project
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 6320

ANSWERED ON 05.0 4.201 8

## NORTH KOEL RESERVOIR PROJECT

## 6320. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

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

(a) whether completion of the North Koel Reservoir project has been approved by the Gove and if so, the details thereof;

- (b) the funds sanctioned a nd utilized towards the completion of the project so far;
- (c) whether any target has been set regarding the initiation work and completion of the if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether this project had been sanctioned in the past but its work could not start at th if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and

(e) the details of irrigation benefits along with the other benefits likely to accrue t theregion as a result of the project?

## ANSWER

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

## ( SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHW AL )

- ( a) The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for completion of the balance works of Koel Reservoir Project in Jharkhand and Bihar on 16th August 2017 at an estimated c Rs.1622.27 crores.
- ( b) An  amount  of  Rs.  1378.61  crores  has  been  sanctioned  by  NA BARD  under  Long  Term Irrigation Fund (LTIF) towards Central share. The remaining amount of Rs.243.66 crore be provided by State Govts. of Bihar and Jharkhand as State share. An amount of R Crore has been released to M/s WAPCOS Ltd. by NABARD un der LTIF.
- ( c) Union Cabinet has approved the execution of balance works of the project for the dur 30 months from the start of work.
- ( d) The project was originally accepted by Advisory Committee of Ministry of Water Resou (MoWR) in its 13 th meetingheld on 19.03.1980 for Rs.113.17 crore subject to forest clear by Ministry of Environment & Forests ( MoEF). Later on 11.89 km long Left Bank Canal

(LBC) was added to the scope of the project. The modified proposal costing Rs.439.03 Crore was considered and accepted by the Advisory Committee of MoWR, RD & GR in September, 1989 in its 44 th meeting subject to compliance of the stipulation of the MoEF. The constru works had started in the year 1972. The work continued till 1993 and was stopped in that year by  the  Forest  Department,  Govt.  of  Bihar.  The  MoEF  had  objected  during  1993  to installation of gates with the apprehension that water accumulated in the dam would the Betla National Park and Palamau Tiger Res erve. The clearance from MoEF in respect of submergence of forest land of 1007 hectare of buffer area of Palamau Tiger Reserve co be obtained at that time.

- ( e) The unfinished project as on date is providing irrigation to 71,720 hectares and com of this  project  will  provide  additional  irrigation  benefit  to  the  extent  of  39,80 aggregating to 111,521 hectares of land annually in drought prone areas of Aurangab Gaya  districts  of  Bihar  and  Palamau  and  Garwa  districts  of  Jharkhand.  Besi des  irrigation benefits,  the  project  also  has  the  provision  for  supply  of  44  MCM  water  for  drink industrial water supply.

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