Question : STORAGE CAPACITY OF RIVERS



(a) whether the Government have formulated any scheme during the Ninth Five Year Plan to deepen the river beds to increase the capacity of rivers beds to increase the capacity of rivers to check soil erosion and arrest the decline in the water table;

(b) if so, the names of the rivers selected for the purpose; and

(c) the salient features of the scheme and the total amount incurred on it as on December, 2000?

Answer given by the minister


THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SMT. BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY)

(a) No scheme to deepen river beds to increase the capacity of river to check soil erosion and arrest the decline in the water table, has been formulated by the Ministry of Water Resources in 9th Five Year Plan.

(b) & (c) Does not arise.