(a) whether any proposal has been received from the Jharkhand Government in connection
with the Kanhar Irrigation Project, a joint venture between Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh; and
(b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the action taken by the Government thereon?
MINISTER OF the STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SHRI JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV)
(a) & (b) Government of Bihar submitted the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Kanhar
Reservoir Project in December, 1984 to Central Water Commission (CWC) for techno-economic
appraisal which was sent back to the State due to non-compliance of the comments for more
than a year. The modified DPR of the project was again received in November, 1998 from the
Government of Bihar. Comments/observations on the same were sent to the State Government for
compliance during the period January 1999 to January 2002. After bifurcation of Bihar State,
comments/observations of CWC were also sent to the Government of Jharkhand for compliance
during December 2005.