(a) whether the Government has proposed any scheme to ensure minimum flow of
water required for irrigation for the Bansagar project;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the time by which Allahabad and Mirzapur districts are likely to get
water from the project?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES & MINORITY AFFAIRS
(SHRI VINCENT H. PALA)
(a) Yes, Sir.
(b) The Bansagar Agreement reached between the States of Uttar Pradesh (UP),
Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Bihar envisages that:
(i) Madhya Pradesh will use 2.0 Million Acre Feet (MAF) of water from storage of
Bansagar Dam in addition to utilizing 1.0 MAF in upstream and 2.25 MAF downstream
of Bansagar Dam for irrigation in the areas of Sone basin in their state. The
allocation of Madhya Pradesh is thus 5.25 MAF.
(ii) Uttar Pradesh will use 1.25 MAF of water from river Sone which includes 0.25
MAF from river Kanhar and 1.0 MAF from the storage of Bansagar Dam as well as by
lifting water from river Sone.
(iii) Bihar was allocated 7.75 MAF of water from river Sone out of which 1.0 MAF
will be from the storage of Bansagar Dam.
(c) As per information received from the Government of Uttar Pradesh, UP will
utilise 0.78 MAF water through its canal system of Bansagar project to irrigate
150132 hectare additional land in the districts of Allahabad and Mirzapur. 0.22
MAF water will be utilised in existing Sone Lift Canal System. Canals under
Bansagar Project are envisaged to create potential up to year 2012-13.