Bhopal. A tripartite MoU for the modified Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal-ERCP link project was signed between the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and the Central Government at the office of the Ministry of Jal Shakti at Shramshakti Bhawan. In the presence of Union Jal Shakti Minister Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav and Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, Secretary, Union Jal Shakti Ministry Debasree Mukherjee, Madhya Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary, Water Resources Dr. Rajesh Rajoura and Rajasthan Additional Chief Secretary of the Government, Water Resources Abhay Kumar signed the MoU.
After the signing of the MoU, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav said that under the leadership of the successful Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal project, which has been pending for almost two decades, will now take shape. This project will benefit 13 districts of Chambal and Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh. Water availability will increase in the dry belt districts of the state like Morena, Gwalior, Shivpuri, Guna, Bhind and Sheopur and the industrialization of industrial belt districts like Indore, Ujjain, Dhar, Agar-Malwa, Shajapur, Dewas and Rajgarh will get a further boost. . Irrigation area of about three lakh hectares will increase in Malwa and Chambal regions of the state. As a result, religious and tourist centers of these areas will also develop. This project is definitely a boon for Western Madhya Pradesh.
Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav said that this project will come to fruition in less than 5 years, the current cost of which is approximately Rs 75000 crore. About 1.5 crore population of the state will benefit from this project. This project will improve the living standards of the people of the state by solving problems like poverty, unemployment, illiteracy etc.
On this occasion, Union Jal Shakti Minister Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said that today is a day of golden sunrise for 26 water deficient districts of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The project will achieve success in irrigating about 5.60 lakh hectare area as well as raising the water level by storing water in dams and big ponds. An agreement was reached between the states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in a very short time by integrating the Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal project with the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project and giving it the status of a project of national importance, for which both the governments deserve congratulations. This project is a golden example of federal federalism.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Shri Bhajan Lal Sharma said that this project will help in better utilization of water resources of Chambal Basin of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh which will benefit the industrial and agricultural sectors of both the states, and further strengthen the relations between the two states in future. Will be.
Under the tripartite MoU, this link project envisages providing irrigation in a total area of 5.60 lakh hectares in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan as well as providing water for drinking and industrial use in 13 districts of Eastern Rajasthan and 13 districts of Malwa and Chambal region of Madhya Pradesh. There is a proposal to provide water. The MoU covers the scope of work of the link project, sharing of water, exchange of water, sharing of costs and benefits, implementation mechanism and arrangements for management and control of water in the Chambal Basin. It is noteworthy that the feasibility report of Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal Link Project was prepared in February 2004 and the proposal of RCP was brought by the Rajasthan Government in the year 2019. Both the projects have been integrated in the present MoU.
