(a) whether Dugda Basin Drainage project is still to be implemented;
(b) if so, whether a small river Kudi was meant to be diverted
through a different channel as a part of the scheme and has not
been done; and
(c) if so, the reasons therefor and the time by which the project
is likely to be completed?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES (SMT. BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY)
(a) As per the information furnished by the Govt. of West
Bengal, Dubda (Dugda) Basin Drainage Scheme has already been
implemented. The period of execution was from 1971-72 to 1982-83.
The completion report of the scheme was furnished in 1988-89.
(b) The Govt. of West Bengal has informed that the Kudi Khal
alongwith Negua Khal were primarily responsible for the floods in
Dubda basin. In the Dubda Basin Drainage Scheme, Kudi Khal was
diverted by excavating Kudi diversion channel which was designed
to accommodate the entire field run-off of Kudi catchment area
(136 sq. km.), which is a sub-basin of Dubda basin. The off take
of Kudi diversion channel started from southern end of Kudi at the
crossing of Kudi Khal with Egra-Mohanpur road with a design
discharge of 106.55 cumecs (3760 cusecs).
(c) The diversion channel of river Kudi was actually
excavated and it got silted up over the years. A scheme costing
Rs. 237.00 lakh has been prepared by the State Government of West
Bengal for posing before NABARD under Rural Infrastructure
Development Fund VIII. Upon sanction of the scheme by NABARD, the
State Govt. of West Bengal proposes to complete the same within
three years.