Cabinet approves river linking plan worth INR 62.82 bln for Bihar
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--Cabinet OKs farmer welfare, river linking plan of INR 62.82 bln for Bihar
MUMBAI – The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday approved the inclusion of Kosi Mechi Intra-State Link Project of Bihar with an estimated cost of INR 62.82 billion. The Cabinet has also approved the central support of INR 36.53 billion to Bihar for the completion of the project by March 2029.
The project falls under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana-Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme of the Ministry of Jal Shakti. "Kosi Mechi Intra-State Link Project envisages diversion of part of surplus water of Kosi river for extending irrigation to Mahananda basin lying in Bihar by way of remodelling of existing Eastern Kosi Main Canal (EKMC) and extending the EKMC beyond its tail end at RD 41.30 km up to river Mechi at RD 117.50 km so that rivers Kosi and Mechi which flow through Bihar could be linked together within Bihar," according to the release.
The link project will provide 210,516 hectares additional annual irrigation in kharif season in Araria, Purnea, Kishanganj, and Katihar districts of Bihar, the release said. The project has the potential to divert or utilise about 2,050 million cubic meter of surplus water of Kosi through the proposed link canal. "Further, after remodelling of existing EKMC (Eastern Kosi Main Canal), shortfall supply to 1.57 lakh hectare existing command of existing Eastern Kosi Main Canal shall be restored." End
Reported by J. Navya Sruthi
Edited by Deepshikha Bhardwaj
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