Lok Sabha Question No. 330 (STARRED), answered on 2019-01-03
Subject: Incomplete Irrigation Projects
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*330

ANSWERED ON 03. 01.201 9

## INCOMPLETE IRRIGATIO N PROJECTS

| †*330.                                                                                                         | SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE                                                                                         |
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| Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:            | Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:            |
| (a) the number of incomplete irrigation projects which were started a decade - wise;                           | (a) the number of incomplete irrigation projects which were started a decade - wise;                           |
| (b) the reasons for not completing the said projects ;                                                         | (b) the reasons for not completing the said projects ;                                                         |
| (c) the current stage/status of these projects;                                                                | (c) the current stage/status of these projects;                                                                |
| (d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government for early projects to avoid time and cost overruns? | (d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government for early projects to avoid time and cost overruns? |
| ANSWER                                                                                                         | ANSWER                                                                                                         |
| THE                                                                                                            | MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION, ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS AND SHIPPING  |
| ( SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GA DKARI )                                                                                 | ( SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GA DKARI )                                                                                 |
| (a) to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the                                                             | (a) to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the                                                             |

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  STARRED QUESTION NO. † *330 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2019 IN LOK SABHA REGARDING 'INCOMPLETE  IRRIGATION  PROJCTS' ASKED  BY SHRI  SADASHIV  LOKHANDE HON'BLE M.P., LOK SABHA.

( a) to (c)Water Resources Projects are planned, funded, executed and maintained by the Governments themselves as per their own resources and priority.

Normal  gestation  period  of  a  major  irrigation  project  is  about  15 - 20  years  and  that  of  a medium irrigation project is about 5 - 10 years. Delay in completion of irrigation projects occur to various reasons such as paucity of funds, interstate issues, delay in land acquis environment and forest clearance process, change in design, rehabilitatio n and resettlement issues, contractual litigations, local disputes etc.

As per the Report of the 'Working Group on Major & Medium Irrigation and Command Area Development for the XII Five Year Plan', 326 projects were indicated as ongoing at the end of XI Plan out of which 250 projects were started before 2008.  State - wise details of 250 projects are at Annexure .

(d)In order to supplement the efforts of the States, Government of India provides tec financial  assistance  to  State  Governments  to  encourage  sustainable  development  and management  of  water  resources  through  various  schemes  and  programmes  s uch  as  Accelerated Irrigation  Benefits  Programme  (AIBP)  etc.  under  Pradhan  Mantri KrishiSinchayee Yojana (PMKSY).

Out of above mentioned 250 projects, 104 projects were included under AIBP for C Assistance (CA). Out of these 104 projects, 23 p rojects have been reported to be completed, 1 projects have been reported by the States to be almost complete/closed/taken out of AIBP,  etc.,  one  project  namely  Polavaram  Project  has  been  declared  as  National Project  as  per Andhra Pradesh R eorg anization Act and balance 61 projects along with other 38 projects have been prioritized during 2016 - 17 under PMKSY - AIBP for completion along with their CADWM works in phases by December, 2019, in consultation with States.

These prioritized ninety -nin e (99) projects have ultimate irrigation potential of 76.0 ha.  and  balance  estimated  cost  of  Rs.77595  crore  (CA  component  of  Rs.31342  crore).  F mechanism through NABARD has been approved by the Government for both Central and Sta share. State s have reported that AIBP works of 31 prioritized projects have been completed completed.

## ANNEXURE

Annexure  as  referred  to  in  reply  to  part s (a)  to  (c)  of  Starred  Question  No. † *330  to  be answered in LokSabha on 03.01.2019 regarding 'Incomplete Irrigation Projects'

## State - wise details of 250 projects (Ongoing in 2008)

| Sl. No.        | State        | No. of Projects   | Taken under AIBP   | Completed Projects under AIBP   | Reported Almost complete/closed/t aken out of purview of AIBP   | Prioritized under PMKSY - AIBP for completion by Dec.,2019   |
|----------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1 Andhra       | Pradesh 36   |                   | 11                 | 1                               | -                                                               | 9                                                            |
| 2              | Assam        | 3                 | 3                  | -                               | -                                                               | 3                                                            |
| 3              | Bihar        | 7                 | 3                  | -                               | 1                                                               | 2                                                            |
| 4              | Chhattisgarh | 6                 | 3                  | -                               | 1                                                               | 2                                                            |
| 5              | Goa          | 1                 | 1                  | -                               | -                                                               | 1                                                            |
| 6              | Gujarat      | 8                 | 3                  | 2                               | -                                                               | 1                                                            |
| 7              | Haryana      | 2                 | -                  | -                               | -                                                               | -                                                            |
| 8              | Jharkhand    | 7                 | 1                  | -                               | -                                                               | 1                                                            |
| 9              | Karnataka    | 20                | 5                  | -                               | 3                                                               | 2                                                            |
| Kerala         |              | 4                 | 2                  | -                               | -                                                               | 10 2                                                         |
| Madhya Pradesh | 19           |                   | 10                 | 1                               | 2                                                               | 11 7                                                         |
| 12 Maharashtra | 108          |                   | 41                 | 19                              | 3                                                               | 19                                                           |
| 13 Manipur     |              | 2                 | 2                  | -                               | 1                                                               | 1                                                            |
| 14 Odisha      | 17           |                   | 10                 | -                               | 3                                                               | 7                                                            |
| 15 Punjab      |              | 3                 | 3                  | -                               | 1                                                               | 2                                                            |
| 16 Uttar       | Pradesh 5    |                   | 4                  | -                               | 2                                                               | 2                                                            |
| 17 West        | Bengal       | 2                 | 2                  | -                               | 2                                                               | -                                                            |
| Total          | Total        | 250               | 104                | 23                              | 19                                                              | 61*                                                          |

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