Lok Sabha Question No. 2612 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Construction of Dams in Bihar
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Chandeshwar Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2612

ANSWERED ON 16.03.2023

## CONSTRUCTION OF DAMS IN BIHAR

## 2612. SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has received any proposals for the construction of dams in Bihar during the last three years and the current year;

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

(c) the action taken/being taken by the Government for the construction of dams in Bihar?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU )

(a) & (b) Planning, implementation and funding of water resources projects lies in the domain of the State Government  concerned.  However,  technical  assistance  and  partial  financial  assistance  to  the  identified projects under its ongoing schemes is being provided by this Ministry. Further, techno economic appraisal of  inter-state  major  and  medium  irrigation  projects  is  to  be  done  by  Central  Water  Commission  (CWC) under this Ministry.

The dam projects submitted by  Government of  Bihar to CWC for  appraisal during last  three  years,  are given below.

1. Pre-feasibility  report  of  Indrapuri  reservoir  project  (erstwhile  Kadwan reservoir) has been returned back by CWC to the State Government in March, 2022 with a request to submit the project afresh, incorporating  the  observations  of  CWC  &  Central  Electricity  Authority  (CEA).  Further,  the  State Government is also required to submit no-objection from the other co-basin States, i.e., Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand.
2. The  detailed  project report for Dagmara  hydro  electric  project  in  Supaul  district  envisages construction of concrete barrage and earthen dam across river Kosi, and power houses on either side of the barrage. It has been cleared by CWC from inter-State angle.

(c) Planning,  implementation  and  funding  of  water  resources  projects  lies  in  the  domain  of  the  State Government concerned. However, apart from technical support, partial financial assistance is also being provided by this Ministry under its ongoing schemes.

Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchai  Yojana  (PMKSY)  is  an  umbrella  scheme,  consisting  of  two  major components  being  implemented  by  this  Ministry,  namely,  Accelerated  Irrigation  Benefits  Programme (AIBP), and Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP). HKKP, in turn, consists of four sub-components, being Command Area  Development  &  Water  Management  (CAD&WM),  Surface  Minor  Irrigation  (SMI),  Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies, and Ground Water (GW) Development component. However, the CAD&WM sub-component of HKKP is being implemented pari-passu with AIBP.

During  2016-17,  ninety-nine  (99)  on-going  major/medium  irrigation  projects  were  taken  for  partial financial assistance under PMKSY-AIBP, with pari passu implementation of CAD&WM. Out of these, two projects from Bihar, namely  Durgawati project benefitting Rohtas & Kaimur districts and Punpun project benefitting  Patna,  Gaya  &  Jahanabad  districts,  are  included  under  PMKSY-AIBP  for  partial  financial assistance as per the norms of the scheme.

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