Lok Sabha
As estimated by the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) in 2003, about 16, 469 ha of more land is engulfed by existing ravines every year.
The villages situated within about 2 km range of Chambal river or its tributaries are under the grip of gully erosion. The Research Centre of Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute (CSWCR&TI) located at Kota (Rajasthan), has developed technology packages for reclamation of Chambal ravines. With the application of this technology, about 3 lakh ha of Chambal ravine in M. P and about 1.4 lakh ha in Rajathan have been restored under various watershed/wastelands development programmes.
This information was given by Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav to a question by Shri Ashok Argal in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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