THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION, ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS AND SHIPPING
(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)
(a) to (d) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED IN REPLY TO PARAS (A) TO (D) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*241 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2018 ON “CONSTRUCTION OF BARRAGES ACROSS MAHANADI RIVER” RAISED BY SHRI NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN AND SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO
(a) Central Water Commission (CWC) under Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWR, RD & GR) carries out techno-economic appraisal of major (command area more than 10,000 ha) and medium (command area 2000 to 10,000 ha) irrigation projects which are planned on Inter-State river / river basins. List of projects of Chhattisgarh approved and accepted by Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of MoWR, RD & GR is attached as Annexure-I.
In the inter State meeting convened by MoWR, RD & GR on 17.09.2016, with Chief Ministers of Chhattisgarh and Odisha, Chief Secretary, Government of Chhattisgarh stated that six barrages namely, Samoda, Sheorinarayan, Basantpur, Mironi, Saradih and Kalma individually has less than 2000 hectares irrigation potential, hence each of them falls under minor irrigation projects category. Keeping in view the statement of State of Chhattisgarh as above, the six barrages being minor irrigation projects are not required to be approved and accepted by TAC of this Ministry.
However, Environmental Clearance for six barrages on River Mahanadi has been accorded by State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Chhattisgarh. The details are at Annexure-II.
(b) to (d) As per the claim submitted by Odisha to the Ministry through complaint dated 19.11.2016 under Section 3 of the Inter State River Water Dispute (ISRWD) Act, 1956, the requirement of water in Chhattisgarh for the purposes of existing, ongoing and future irrigation, industrial use and domestic projects will be to the extent of 33.89 BCM. In this complaint, the Government of Odisha raised the issues like quantum of minimum flow in Hirakud dam, surplus flow and shares of States in minimum and surplus flows.
The Central Government in accordance with Sec 4(1) of ISRWD Act, 1956 set up a Negotiation Committee on 19.01.2017, which comprised of members from basin States and concerned Ministries of Central Government, Central Water Commission, India Meteorological Department and National Institute of Hydrology for finding a negotiated settlement of the water dispute. Two meetings of the Negotiation Committee were held. However, there was no participation from the Government of Odisha. In absence of submission of any data by Government of Odisha in support of its claim and non participation in the meeting by Odisha, the issues of water availability, water utilization and minimum flow etc. could not resolved by the committee. The Committee submitted its report to MoWR, RD & GR on 27.6.2017.
The dispute can be settled by arriving at a permanent, amicable and enduring solution by negotiations, through Joint Control Board under 1983 Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between erstwhile Madhya Pradesh and Odisha or in any other appropriate way.
Govt. of Odisha has also filed Original Suit No.1/2017 before the Hon''ble Supreme Court for restraining Govt. of Chhattisgarh from continuing construction and operation of six industrial barrages and taking up any future project. The case was last heard on 11.12.2017. The next date of hearing is 16.01.2018. The matter is subjudice in the Court. A judicial verdict in the matter is awaited.
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Annexure-I
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Starred Question No.*241 to be answered in Lok Sabha regarding “Construction of Barrages across Mahanadi River”.
List of projects of Chhattisgarh approved and accepted by TAC of MoWR, RD & GR
Sl. Meeting Number Date of Meeting Project Name
1 80th 07.02.2003 Mahanadi Reservoir Project
2 80th 07.02.2003 Sutiapat Irrigation Project
3 81st 04.08.2003 Mongra Irrigation Project
4 82nd 19.02.2004 Minimata (Hasdeo) Bango Multipurpose Project (Revised)
5 90th 26.09.2007 Mahanadi Reservoir Project (Revised)
6 95th 20.01.2009 Kelo Irrigation Project
7 98th 09.07.2009 Minimata (Hasdeo) Bango Multipurpose Scheme (Revised)
8 99th 24.08.2009 Koserteda Irrigation Project (Revised)
9 104th 12.05.2010 Karra Nalla Irrigation Project
10 104th 12.05.2010 Ghumariya Nalla Irrigation Project
11 104th 12.05.2010 Sutiapat Irrigation Project (Revised)
12 105th 25.06.2010 Khrung Tank Project-ERM
13 106th 16.09.2010 Maniyari Tank Project - ERM
14 115th 24.07.2012 Minimata (Hasdeo) Bango Project
15 130th 30.09.2016 Arpa Bhaisajhar Barrage Project
Annexure-II
Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Starred Question No.*241 to be answered in Lok Sabha regarding “Construction of Barrages across Mahanadi River”.
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Details of Environment clearance for six barrages on River Mahanadi, accorded by State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Chhattisgarh
Sr. No. Name of Barrage SEIAA, Chhattisgarh letter No. and Date
1 Samoda Barrage, Samoda Raipur 1643/SEIAA-CG/EC/Diversion/RYP/260 dated 21.3.2014
2 Sheorinarayan Barrage, Janjgir Champa 417/SEIAA-CG/EC/Tank/JANJ/158 dated 22.5.2014
3 Basantpur Barrage, Janjgir Champa 419/SEIAA-CG/EC/Tank/JANJ/159 dated 22.5.2014
4 Mironi Barrage, Janjgir Champa 565/SEIAA-CG/EC/ Tank/JANJ /264 dated 4.6.2014
5 Saradih Barrage, Janjgir Champa 563/SEIAA-CG/EC/ Tank/JANJ /160 dated 4.6.2014
6 Kalma Barrage: Janjgir Champa 415/SEIAA-CG/EC/ Tank/JANJ /263 dated 22.5.2014
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