Rajasthan is a desert region, there is also a shortage of surface and groundwater. Due to the large distance between the village hamlets as well as the heterogeneous geographical conditions, the cost of providing drinking water from house to house is much higher than in other states. In view of this, the Central government like the Hill states, should also provide assistance under 90:10 provision (that is 90 per cent help from the Centre and 10 per cent help from the state) in the Jal Jeevan Mission to the state.The ERCP proposes to provide drinking water to 13 districts of Rajasthan and provide irrigation water for 2.8 lakh hectares of land through 26 different large and medium projects. Within the Chambal basin, during the rainy season Kunnu, Sui, Parbati, Kalisindh, Mez, and Chakhan sub-basins also have surplus water while rivers like Banas, Banganaga and Gambhir are basins in deficit yield. Under this scheme, the surplus water will be carried to all such basins that are deficit basins.In a recent letter to Jal Shakti Ministry, the Water Resources department of Rajasthan pointed out that the status of national project has been given to 16 projects in other states, but no project in Rajasthan has been given this status. In the project with the national project status of the funding pattern is 90:10 but in ERCP, 60% funding will be borne by the Centre and 40 per cent by the state, said a senior department official.With the cost of Rs 40,000 crore, ERCP proposes drinking water to 13 districts of Rajasthan and provide irrigation water for 2.8 lakh hectares of land through 26 different large and medium projects. Under the project, the surplus water in the sub-basins of Kunnu, Kul, Parvati, Kalisindh and Mej rivers received during the monsoon will be carried to the sub-basin of Banas, Morel, Banganga, Gambhir and Parbati rivers.
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