(a) whether the Government has received any proposal from the Government of Karnataka for construction of vented dams across west flowing rivers and streams in Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district of Karnataka; and
(b) if so, the details thereof and by when the said
proposal is likely to be approved?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SHRI JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV)
(a) The State Governments submit major and medium
irrigation project proposals as Detailed Project Reports
(DPRs) for techno-economic appraisal of the Central Water
Commission. No such DPR proposing construction of vented
dams across west flowing rivers and streams in Uttara
Kannada, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka
has been received from the Government of Karnataka in the
Central Water Commission for techno-economic appraisal.
(b) Does not arise.