Lok Sabha Question No. 1435 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-13
Subject: Share of Water in Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Shri Murari Lal Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1435

ANSWERED ON 13.02.2025

## SHARE OF WATER IN EASTERN RAJASTHAN CANAL PROJECT

## †1435. SHRI MURARI LAL MEENA

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) the terms on which the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh was signed for the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) renamed as PKCERCP by the Government;

(b)  the  share  of  water  earmarked  for  Rajasthan  and  Madhya  Pradesh  under  the  said  project  along  with  the reasons, if any, for the decline in the share of Rajasthan;

(c) the details of quantum of work completed so far along with the incomplete work under the said project and the timeline fixed for its completion;

(d) the details of the areas of Rajasthan likely to be benefitted from the said project; and

(e) whether the said project is likely to provide adequate water to the industrial areas, especially the dark zone blocks of Rajasthan including Dausa Parliamentary Constituency?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI RAJ BHUSHAN CHOUDHARY )

(a)  &  (b) The Eastern  Rajasthan  Canal  Project  (ERCP)  was  proposed  as  a  standalone  project  by  the Government of Rajasthan. However, with a view to optimize the utilization of water of the Chambal River System and based on the deliberations held with the State  Governments of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (MP)  at  various  platforms,  a  proposal  for  the  Modified  Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal  (Modified  PKC)  link project has been framed, incorporating therein the components as proposed by the Government of MP in Kuno, Parbati  and  Kalisindh  sub-basins  along  with  the  components  of  ERCP,  as  proposed  by  the  Government  of Rajasthan. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed amongst the States of Rajasthan and MP and the  Government  of  India,  for  preparation  of  the  Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  of  the  Modified  PKC  link project  on  28.01.2024,  followed  by  signing  of  a  Memorandum  of  Agreement  (MoA)  on  05.12.2024  for implementation of the link project. As per the MoA, a total of 4102.60 Million Cubic Meter (MCM) of water would be available to the State of Rajasthan and 3120.09 MCM of water to the State of MP.  As per the MoA, both the States shall be  responsible  for  the  implementation  of  their  respective  components  in  a  time  bound manner after taking requisite statutory clearance(s) for their implementation.

(c) As intimated by the Government of Rajasthan, the work of Navnera Barrage has been completed, while the  work  of  Isarda  Dam  is  scheduled  to  be  completed  later  this  year  and  construction  works  of  Ramgarh barrage, Mahalpur barrage, Pump house at Navnera Barrage, and feeder system from Navnera pump house to Bisalpur dam and Isarda dam via Mej anicut and Galwa dam, aqueduct across Chambal river are scheduled to be completed by 2028.

(d) & (e) The project is envisaged to, inter alia, provide for drinking water to the targeted population of 21 districts of Eastern Rajasthan (Jhalawar, Baran, Kota, Bundi, Tonk, Sawai Madhopur, Gangapur City, Dausa, Karauli,  Dholpur,  Bharatpur,  Deeg,  Alwar,  Khairthal-Tijara,  Kotputali  -  Behror,  Jaipur  urban,  Jaipur  rural, Dudu, Ajmer, Beawar, Kekri) and en-route towns, tanks and villages as well as 205 MCM of water to meet the industrial  water  demands  of  the  Delhi-Mumbai  Industrial  Corridor  (DMIC)  and  other  industries,  besides providing water for irrigating more than 2.5 lakh ha of new command area as well as stabilizing the existing command area of about 1.5 lakh ha in the State of Rajasthan.

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