Lok Sabha Question No. 2130 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-05
Subject: National Lake Conservation Plan
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2130

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2024

## National Lake Conservation Plan

## 2130.  SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) the district-wise details of the lakes identified under the National Lake Conservation Plan (NLCP) in Bihar State; and
- (b) the details of the funds released and spent in Bihar under the said scheme along with the progress made therein so far, year and district-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a) &  (b)  The  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  &  Climate  Change  (MoEF&CC)  provided financial assistance to the States/Union Territories under the National Wetlands Conservation Programme  (NWCP)  and  National  Lake  Conservation  Plan  (NLCP)  for  conservation  and management of identified wetlands (includes lakes) and urban/peri-urban lakes respectively in the country  till  the  year  2012-13.  In  order  to  have  better  synergy  and  to  avoid  overlap,  the NWCP and NLCP schemes have been merged into a centrally sponsored scheme namely, the 'National  Plan  for  Conservation  of  Aquatic  Eco-systems  (NPCA)'  in  February,  2013. Accordingly, MoEF&CC is currently implementing the NPCA scheme for conservation and management of wetlands in the country on cost sharing basis between Central Government and respective State Governments. The details of the lakes identified in Bihar under NWCP/NPCA, funds released  & spent and progress made, so far are given in Annexure.

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Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 2130 to be answered on Monday, the 5 th  August, 2024 on 'National Lake Conservation Plan'

The details of the lakes identified in Bihar under NWCP/NPCA, funds released & spent and progress made, so far:

(Amt. in Rs. Lakhs)

| Name of the wetland/lake   | District       |   Funds released (as Central share) | Funds utilised (as informed by State Govt.)   | Progress made (Expenditure in percentage for the sanctioned works)   |
|----------------------------|----------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Nagi and Nakti             | Jamui          |                               10.99 | 10.99                                         | 100%                                                                 |
| Moti Jheel                 | East Champaran |                              989.55 | 767.90                                        | 77.60%                                                               |
| Kusheswarasthan            | Darbhanga      |                               44.16 | 30.34                                         | 68.7%                                                                |
| Baraila                    | Vaishali       |                               37.73 | 24.31                                         | 64.43%                                                               |
| Kabartal                   | Begusarai      |                               64.1  | Nil                                           | 0%                                                                   |

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