(a) whether the Government is aware that various parts of Jharkhand especially Sahibganj, Pakud and Badahdawa districts have suffered a heavy loss of life and property due to floods;
(b) if so, the steps taken by the Government to control the
floods;
(c) whether the Union Government has directed the State Government
to formulate a detailed project report for constructing high dam on
Kamla and Bagmati rivers; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the
Government thereon?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SHRI JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV)
(a) No, Sir. As per the information available no report of damage
due to floods from the State of Jharkhand has been received during
2004.
(b) The State of Jharkhand has been allocated an amount of
Rs.68.91 crore in the Calamity Relief Fund (CRF) for the year 2004-
05, comprising of Rs. 51.68 crore as Central share and Rs.17.23
crore as State share. The first instalment (50%) of Central share
of CRF for the current year has been released.
Further, one scheme namely Anti Erosion Works on the Right
Bank of River Ganga down-stream of Raj Mahal estimated to cost
Rs.3.08 crore has been included in the Centrally sponsored scheme
with a Central share of Rs. 2.30 crore.
(c) & (d) In the second meeting of the India-Nepal Joint Committee
on Water Resources held in October, 2004 it has been agreed that
feasibility study of the Kamla and preliminary study of Bagmati
Multipurpose Projects would be carried out by the Joint Project
Office of Sapta Kosi High Dam Multipurpose Project and Sun Kosi
Storage cum Diversion Scheme to ascertain the likely constraints in
implementation of these projects so that these could be
appropriately addressed.