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M.P., U.P. to sign river link project on Aug. 25

Another project linking Parbati with Kalisindh and Chambal in the pipeline

BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh will sign an agreement for the execution of a Rs 2000-crore Ken-Betwa link project in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi on August 25.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Babulal Gaur and his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Mulayam Singh Yadav will ink the agreement.

This will be the country's first of the 16 river water transfer link projects identified by the Centre under peninsular rivers development component in deference to the wishes of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for interlinking of rivers to check recurring floods and droughts to ensure all round development, Chief Minister Babulal Gaur told UNI here today. Expressing gratitude to the Centre for the clearance of the project, he said, ``It has come as a gift to me on the completion of my first year in office.''

He said the project promises multi-objective development of water resources like irrigation, flood control, hydro-power generation, drinking water and fisheries.

"The scheme provides for a water grid for Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and interlinking canal backed by as many storages as possible."

He said the sharing of costs between the two states was being worked out.

Besides generating 72 MW of power, the project would irrigate about five lakh hectares of land in Raisen, Vidisha, Chattarpur, Tikamgarh and Panna districts of the state.

The project also envisages an earthen dam at Dhaudhan near Panna to store and divert Ken waters to meet Betwa near Jhansi.

Mr Gaur added that another project linking Parbati with Kalisindh and Chambal would also be finalised shortly. -- UNI

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