THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)
(a) to (c) Water being a state subject, planning, execution, operation and maintenance of water storage facilities including repairing and strengthening of dams, embankments and canals are carried out by the State Governments from their own resources and as per their own requirements and priority of works. In order to supplement the efforts of the State Governments, Government of India provides technical and financial assistance to State Governments to encourage sustainable development and efficient management of water resources through various schemes/programmes such as Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) under PMKSY (Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana). Central Water Commission maintains National Register of Large Dam (NRLD) , a compilation of the large dams in the country prepared as per information received from the State Government / Authority concerned at http://cwc.gov.in/sites/default/files/nrld06042019.pdf. Latest edition of NRLD was published in June 2019. As per NRLD June, 2019, Tamil Nadu has 118 completed large dams. Further, 44 large dams have been constructed throughout the country since 2014.
(d) & (e) During 2016-17, ninety nine (99) ongoing Major/Medium irrigation projects (and seven phases) under PMKSY-AIBP have been prioritized in consultation with States for completion in phases, along with their Command Area Development & Water Management (CADWM) works. Funding mechanism through NABARD has been approved by the Government for both Central and State Share. Details of State and Project wise funds allocated are given at http://pmksy-mowr.nic.in/aibp-mis/ReleaseOrder-Reports.aspx. No Project of Tamil Nadu is part of the above. Govt. of India is implementing the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) with loan assistance from the World Bank with provision for rehabilitation of 198 dam projects located in seven States i.e. Jharkhand (3), Karnataka (22), Kerala (28), Madhya Pradesh (25), Odisha (26), Tamil Nadu (89) and Uttarakhand (5) with 10 Implementing Agencies at the revised cost of INR 3466 Crore and scheduled closure of June 2020. The funding is loan assistance from World Bank disbursed on quarterly basis to States, which is required to be re-paid back by respecting States as per agreed terms and condition of loan by Government of India and DRIP partner agencies.Further details are given at https://www.damsafety.in/index.php?lang=en&page=Dashboard_On_Going&origin=front-end&tp=1.
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