NEW DELHI, Aug. 28 — Indian Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the governments of six northern states for construction of a multi-purpose project on river Yamuna.
The six states are Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi.
The multi-purpose project will ensure a smooth water supply to these states during dry months, i.e. from December to May/June every year.
The Lakhwar Multi-Purpose project, costing around 566 million U.S. dollars, will come up in Dehradun, the capital city of hilly state Uttarakhand in the upper Yamuna basin.
The multi-purpose project was initially approved in 1976, but work was suspended in 1992. It envisages construction of a 204-meter high concrete dam across river Yamuna near Lohari village in Dehradun district with a live storage capacity of 330.66 million cubic meter (MCM).
This storage will provide irrigation for 33,780 hectares of land and make available 78.83 MCM of water for domestic, drinking and industrial use in the six Yamuna basin states.
Besides, the project, to be executed by Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (UJVL), will also generate 300 megawatt (MW) of power annually.
The minister further said that the problem is not water shortage but “water management” and that the union government is taking steps in that direction.
The Lakhwar project will not only ensure water availability, but also improve irrigation, generate electricity and fulfill the drinking water needs of all six states, he added. – XINHUA
Multi-purpose river project to solve water woes in 6 Indian states during dry months
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