Lok Sabha Question No. 878 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-21
Subject: Water Conservation
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 878

ANSWERED ON 21.07.2016

## WATER CONSERVATION

## †878.          SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA

Will  the  Minister  of  WATER  RESOURCES,  RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND  GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  projects  submitted  by  the  State  Government  of  Rajasthan  to  his  Ministry relating to water conservation/ irrigation during the last three years;
- (b)  the  amount  sanctioned/provided  to  the  State  Government  of  Rajasthan  or  directly  to  the project developers for each of the project so far along with the status of progress made therein;
- (c) whether any amount is pending for disbursement to the State for the projects approved by the Union Government in the year 2011-12; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor and the time by which the pending funds are to be released?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION (DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

- (a) & (b)
- (i) 5 project proposals  of water conservation/irrigation were submitted by Government of Rajasthan for appraisal and consideration of Advisory Committee of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation during the last three years. The details of the projects are given as under:
- (ii) A  proposal  for  Repair,  Renovation  and  Restoration  (RRR)  of  68  water  bodies  for restoration of irrigation facilities in 13197 ha.  was submitted by the Government of Rajasthan.  A sum of Rs. 35.93 crore has been released as Central Assistance for these water bodies as against the committed central share of 80.72 crores.
- (iii) The  proposals  for  two  projects,  viz  Narmada  Canal  Project  and  Modernisation  of Gang Canal Project had been submitted by the  State Government of Rajasthan for availing Central Assistance under Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) during the last three years.  Both these projects are nearing completion.
- (iv) Another proposal for RRR of 18 water bodies at a cost of Rs. 11.35 crores to create an irrigation potential of 5749 ha. was received. A sum of Rs. 7.05 crore has already been released against the committee central share of Rs. 7.45 crores. 15 of these water bodies are completed; the work on one of these water bodies is in prograss.

|   S.No. | Name of Project                                                      | Status                                |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|       1 | Extension, Renovation & Modernisation (ERM) of Morel Major Project   | Returned to State Govt. on 15.12.2015 |
|       2 | ERM of Chhaprawadal Major Project                                    | Returned to Stat Govt. on 17.12.2015  |
|       3 | Kalisindh multipurpose Project(Phase-II)                             | Revised DPR awaited since Dec.- 2015  |
|       4 | Rajasthan Water Sector livelihood Improvement Project (RWSLIP)       | Under Appraisal                       |
|       5 | Rajasthan Water Sector Restructuring Project in Desert Area (RWSRPD) | Under Appraisal                       |

(c) & (d)    At  present, there is no pending proposal for disbursement to the State Govt. for the projects approved during 2011-12 for Major & Medium irrigation projects under AIBP.

However,  under  the scheme RRR of water bodies Central share to the tune of Rs. 0.38 crore could  not be  released to State Govt. of Rajasthan due to non submission of proposal by the State Govt.

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