Rs. 6235 crore Earmarked for Restoration of 10,000 Water Bodies

It is envisaged to provide central assistance for restoration of about 10,000 water bodies, to restore an irrigation potential of 6.235 lakh hectares. A sum of Rs.6235 crore has been earmarked for the same.

The central assistance is provided in the form of grant which is 90% of the project cost in special category states (NE states, Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Uttarakhand and undivided KBK districts of Odisha) as well as projects lying in drought prone, tribal, and desert prone areas as well as left wing extremism affected areas and 25% of the project cost in the case of non-special category states/areas. The Empowered Committee of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation in its first meeting held on June 24, 2014 has agreed to include 8 water bodies in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh for inclusion under the scheme of RRR of water bodies during 2014-15.

 

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