Tamil Nadu plans Rs 11K cr project to improve Cauvery basin irrigation system
26 July 2014 4:43 AM IST
‘A preliminary project proposal on Improvements and Rehabilitation of Irrigation Systems in Cauvery basin for efficient water management was prepared for an amount of Rs 11,420 crore and in-principle clearance has been accorded by CWC,’ finance minister O Panneerselvam informed the assembly.
The minister, who also holds the Public Works Department portfolio, said that the project would be aimed at improving and rehabilitating the systems in the Cauvery, Vennar and Noyyal sub-basins, among others.
The Cauvery river basin consists of 18 sub-basins and it is essential to modernise the systems, which are very old, the minister said.
Reiterating his government’s commitment to ensuring that the Cauvery Management Board is constituted in the wake of the notification of the final award of the Cauvery Tribunal in the central gazette last year, he recalled Chief Minister J Jayalithaa’s efforts in this regard.
The minister, who also holds the Public Works Department portfolio, said that the project would be aimed at improving and rehabilitating the systems in the Cauvery, Vennar and Noyyal sub-basins, among others.
The Cauvery river basin consists of 18 sub-basins and it is essential to modernise the systems, which are very old, the minister said.
Reiterating his government’s commitment to ensuring that the Cauvery Management Board is constituted in the wake of the notification of the final award of the Cauvery Tribunal in the central gazette last year, he recalled Chief Minister J Jayalithaa’s efforts in this regard.
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