Lok Sabha Question No. 1733 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-11
Subject: Irrigation Projects in Odisha
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1733

ANSWERED ON 11 .02.2021

## IRRIGATION PROJECTS IN ODISHA

## 1733. SHR IMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of minor and major irrigation projects on which work is in progress under Sponsored Schemes in Odisha along with the estimated cost involved therein including the Ce State share prescribed for the purpose, location - wise;
- (b) Whether the Government has decided to grant special package for completion of irrigatio address agrarian distress in Kalahandi, Bolangir and other chronically drought prone areas disha and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) Whether the Government also proposes to extend the said special package to other agrar drought prone areas of the country; and

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the time by which the decision is likely to be taken in this regard

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a) During 2016 - 17, ninety - nine (99) on -going Major/Medium irrigation projects under Pradhan Mant KrishiSinchayeeYojana  (PMKSY) - Accelerated  Irrigation  Benefits  Programme  (AIBP),  have  be prioritized  in  consultation  with  States,  for  completion  in  phases  by  December,  2019  alon Command Area Development & Water Management (CADWM) works under Har K hetKo Pani (HKKP) component. Funding arrangement for both the Central & State share is to be through NABARD Long  Term  Irrigation  Fund  (LTIF).  Further,  Surface  Minor  Irrigation  (SMI)  projects  are  al under HKKP component for financial suppor t through budgetary means.

Though the said scheme was till Dec, 2019, however Ministry of Finance vide their l 10.01.2020 conveyed the continuation of ongoing Centrally Sponsored Schemes for a period u March 2021.

Of  99  prioritized  p rojects  under  PMKSY - AIBP  &  HKKP,  eight  (8)  Projects  are  from  the Odisha, including those benefitting Kalahandi, Bolangir, Koraput (KBK) districts and Drought of the State. Details of these projects along with their estimated cost, central share and state share, are annexed herewith.  Further,  there  is  no  Surface  Minor  Irrigation  (SMI)  project  of  the  Sta included for funding under the PMKSY - HKKP.

(b) to (d) Presently there is no such proposal under consideration in Ministry of Jal Shakti.

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## Annexure as refe rred to in reply to Unstarred Question No. 1733 to be answered in Lok Sabha on 11.02.2021 regarding 'Irrigation Projects in Odisha' .

## The Details of Major & Medium Irrigation Project Under AIBP/CADWM of Odisha

(Rs in crore)

| Sl.No   | Name of the Project         | Districts Benefited     | AIBP Component   | AIBP Component   | AIBP Component   | CADWM (HKKP) component   | CADWM (HKKP) component   | CADWM (HKKP) component   |
|---------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|         |                             |                         | Estimated Cost   | Central Share    | State Share      | Estimated cost           | Central Share            | State Share              |
| 1       | Upper Indravati             | Kalahandi &Nawarangapur | 535.88           | 18.00            | 517.88           | 103.980                  | 51.840                   | 52.14                    |
| 2       | Lower Indra                 | Nuapada&Bolangir        | 1595.35          | 104.88           | 1490.47          | 54.510                   | 16.722                   | 37.79                    |
| 3       | Rukura                      | Sundergarh              | 240.22           | 26.35            | 213.87           | 389.580                  | 126.030                  | 263.55                   |
| 4       | Subarna - rekha             | Mayurbhanj&Balasore     | 4455.68          | 642.33           | 3813.35          | 334.370                  | 101.570                  | 232.80                   |
| 5       | Integrated Anandpur Barrage | Keonjhar                | 2864.36          | 61.32            | 2803.04          | 164.850                  | 53.444                   | 111.41                   |
| 6       | Ret                         | Kalahandi               | 707.64           | 110.78           | 596.86           | 140.265                  | 44.032                   | 96.23                    |
| 7       | Kanupur                     | Keonjhar                | 2301.28          | 270.28           | 2031             | 31.63                    | 10.21                    | 21.44                    |
| 8       | Telengiri                   | Koraput                 | 932.964          | 208.91           | 724.054          | 46.87                    | 16.552                   | 30.32                    |
|         |                             | Total                   | 13633.37         | 1442.85          | 12190.52         | 1266.055                 | 420.4                    | 845.68                   |

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