Lok Sabha Question No. 689 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-04
Subject: Hathnikund Link Channel-2 Project
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Pradeep Kumar Chaudhary

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †689 ANSWERED ON 04.02.2021

## HATHNIKUND LINK CHAN NEL - 2 PROJECT

## †689. SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR CHAUDHARY

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the schemes launched by the Government in every State/Union Territory i with the Department of Water Resources and Public Health Engineering Department under their d n; (b) whether the Government proposes to start Hathnikund Link Channel - 2 Project which has been pending for years in western region of Uttar Pradesh;

(c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Water resources development & management are planned, funded, executed and maintained b State Governments themselves as per their own resources and p iorities. In order to supplement the efforts of  the  State  Governments,  Government  of  India  provides  technical  and  financial  assistan Governments to encourage sustainable development and efficient management of water resources various schemes and programmes.

During  2016 - 17,  ninety - nine  (99)  on -going  Major/Medium  irrigation  projects  spread  in States/UT  under  Pradhan MantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana  (PMKSY) - Accelerated  Irrigation  Benefits Programme (AIBP), having ultimate irrigation potential of 76.03 lakh ha. and balance estimated Rs.77,595 crore (Central Assistance Rs.31342.50 crore) have been prioritized in consultation for completion in phases along with their Command Area Development & Water Manage ment (CADWM) works.

Out of these 99 prioritized projects, AIBP works of 44 prioritized projects have been r completed/almost completed. Central Assistance (CA) of Rs.11489.31 crore has been released projects during 2016 -17 to 2019 - 20.  Further, during 2020 - 21(so  far) CA of Rs.1082.71 crore has been released.

Currently,  88  projects  from  18  States  are  under  implementation  for  the  CAD  work CADWM program - executed by the State Government Departments viz., Command Are a Development Authority  (CADA),  Water  Resources  Department  (WRD),  Public  Works  Department  (PWD),  Publi Health Engineering (PHE) Department etc.). The Surface Minor Irrigation (SMI) and Repair, Renovati and  Restoration  (RRR)  of  Water  Bodies  schemes  under PMKSY (Har Khet Ko Pani)  have  multiple objectives like expanding cultivable area under assured irrigation, improving water use effic

Special Package for completion of 8 Major and Medium Irrigation projects and 83 SMI with a balance cost of Rs. 13,651.60 crore to address agrarian distress in Vidarbha, Marathw chronically  drought  prone  areas  of  Maharashtra  has  been  approved.  The  targeted  additiona through these projects is 3.77 Lakh Ha. During 2018 - 19, 2019 - 20 & 2020 - 21 (so far) Rs. 500 crore, Rs.300 crore and Rs.400 crore have been released respectively as CA.

Government of India has approved 'Relining of Sirhind Feeder and Rajasthan Feeder" to address the problem of water - logging with a total cost of Rs. 1976.74 crore. CA component is Rs. 826.17 crore addition  to  Rs.156  crore  released  earlier.  Government  of  India  has  approved  'Implementation  of Shahpurkandi  Dam  (National  Project)  on  River  Ravi  in  Punjab  State '  with  the  approved  cost  of Rs. 2715.70 crore.  The  project  would  be  implemented  by  the  Govt.  of  Punjab.  The  Cent ral Assistance component is Rs. 485.38 crore.

During XI Plan, Government of India had launched Flood Management Programme (FMP) with outlay of Rs 8,000 crore. Under the scheme, financial assistance was being provided to State Governme for  taking  up  works  of river  management,  flood  control,  anti - erosion,  drainage  development,  anti - sea erosion,  flood  proofing  etc.  in  critical  regions  and  restoration  of  damaged  flood  contro nagement works.  The  Flood  Management  Program  (FMP)  was  continued  durin g  XII  Plan  with  an  outlay  of Rs10,000 crore. FMP and River Management Activities & Works related to Border Areas are merg renamed  as  'Flood  Management  and  Border  Areas  Programme  (FMBAP)'  for  the  period  2017 - 18  to 2019- 20 and further extended upto March, 2021.

A Centrally Sponsored Scheme 'Irrigation Census' impl ements in States/UTs with 100 % Central funding  to  build  a  comprehensive  and  reliable  database  in  the  Minor  Irrigation  se ctor  for  effective planning  and  policy  formulation.  This  is  a  continuing  scheme  since  1987.  Under  the  sch State/UT has identified a nodal department which is responsible for implementation of the s entire state /UT. The details of Noda l Departments identified by States/UTs are given in Annexure.

National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) covers 34 rivers in 77 towns spread over 16 St total sanctioned cost of pollution abatement schemes as Rs.5965.90 crore. Out of Central unds amounting to Rs.2597.89 crore have been released to the States for implementation of polluti schemes, and sewage treatment capacity of 2522.03 mld (million litres per day) has been creat

AtalBhujalYojana (ATAL JAL) is a Cent ral Sector Scheme having an outlay of Rs. 6000 cro with  focus  on  community  participation  and  demand  side  interventions  for  sustainable  gro management in identified water stressed areas. The scheme is being taken up for a period of 5 years 1.4.2020 in 9000 Gram panchayats of 222 blocks/Talukas in 80 districts of seven States, viz. Gujarat, Haryana,  Karnataka,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Rajasthan  and  Uttar  Pradesh.  The  implem agency  of  Atal BhujalYojana  in  Gujarat,  Haryana  and  M adhya  Pradesh  is  the  Department  of  Water Resources of the concerned State.

Department  of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation  (DoDW & S)  has  been  implementing  Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) [SBM(G)] through the State Governments, launched on 2 nd October, 2014 with the goal to make rural areas of the country Open Defecation Free (ODF) by 2 nd October, 2019. All the  villages  in  the  country  have  declared  themselves  ODF  as  on  2 nd October,  2019.  Government  has approved  Phase -II  of  SBM  (G)  to  be  implemented  during  2020 - 21  to  2024 - 25  with  the  focus  on sustainability  of  ODF  status  and  to  cover  all  the  villages  with  Solid  and  Liquid  Waste (SLWM).

DoDW & S in partnership wit h S ates, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission - Har Ghar Jal, which aims at providing drinking water of prescribed quality, in adequate quantity on regular - te m basis, through tap water connection to every rural household of the country, by 2024.

(b )  to  (d)  The  Preliminary  Project  Report  of  Hathnikund  Link  Channel  (Stage - 2)  was  submitted  by Government of Uttar Pradesh (Govt. of UP) vide letter dated 8.8.2018 for appraisal. The sa examined  in  Upper  Yamuna  River  Board  (UYRB)  and  Govt.  of  UP was  requested  vide  letter  dated 06.12.2018 to revise the proposal as per the allocation of UYRB in respect of Uttar Prad 10679 cusec (4000 cusec from Hathnikund and 6679 cusec from Okhla) from July to October. vide  DO  letter  dated  10 .10.2019,  Govt.  of  UP  was  requested  to  expedite  the  submission  of  r proposal.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (A) OF  UNSTARRED  QUESTIO N NO. †689 TO BE ANSWERED IN LO K SABHA ON 04.02.202 1 REGARDING ' HATHNIKUND LINK CHAN NEL - 2 PROJECT '

## List of Nodal Departments identified by States/UTs for "Irrigation Census" Scheme

|   Sl. No. | Name of Nodal Department                  |   No of State/UTs | Names of States/UTs                                                                                            |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Water Resources Department                |                 8 | 1. Arunachal Pradesh 2. Gujarat 3. Jharkhand 4. Meghalaya 5. Sikkim 6. Nagaland 7. Mizoram 8. West Bengal      |
|         2 | Water Conservation Department             |                 1 | 1. Maharashtra                                                                                                 |
|         3 | Irrigation Department                     |                 2 | 1. Assam 2. Kerala                                                                                             |
|         4 | Minor Irrigation Department               |                 4 | 1. Karnataka 2. Manipur 3. Uttar Pradesh 4.Uttarakhand                                                         |
|         5 | Health Department                         |                 1 | 1. Chandigarh (Public Health Circle)                                                                           |
|         6 | Department of Planning                    |                 6 | 1. Andhra Pradesh 2. Odisha 3. Telangana 4. Goa 5. Jammu & Kashmir 6. Bihar                                    |
|         7 | Department of Agriculture                 |                 3 | 1. Punjab 2. Andaman & Nicobar Island 3. MadhyaPradesh (Farmers' Welfare & Agriculture Development Department) |
|         8 | Land Administration Department            |                 4 | 1. Tamil Nadu 2. Chhattisgarh 3. Haryana 4. Himachal Pradesh                                                   |
|         9 | Public Works Department                   |                 2 | 1. Tripura 2. Puducherry                                                                                       |
|        10 | Department of Revenue                     |                 1 | 1.Rajasthan                                                                                                    |
|        11 | Development Department (Agriculture Unit) |                 1 | 1. Delhi                                                                                                       |

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