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een earmarked. For Sirhind feeder Canal only 25% grant assistance under AIBP is made
available to Punjab on the portion of the project benefiting Punjab and 90% grant is provided to
Rajasthan on the portion of the project benefiting drought prone areas of Rajasthan. Relining of
Rajasthan feeder and Sirhind feeder Canal need to be considered on equal footings and similar
grant of 90% should be provided to both Rajasthan and Punjab for both the canals. Though the
Ministry of Water Resources appreciates our concern but due to technical reasons, they have
suggested that the Planning Commission should separately consider Punjab’s case for special
assistance for 65% of amount (in addition to 25% under AIBP) for the project of relining of
Sirhind feeder. The Planning Commission is requested to take note and provide requisite funds
for the timely execution of this project so as to equally benefit both the drought prone areas of
Rajasthan and the waterlogged areas of Punjab.
37. Shahpurkandi Dam Project has been declared as National Project. Total cost of
the project is Rs.2285.81 Cr. Irrigation component is 28.61% and Power component 71.39%.
90% of the Irrigation component is being provided by GoI. The project is being started during
2010-11 and target date is Oct.2014.
38. There is a need for the various State projects to be reconsidered under relaxed
Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Progrmme (AIBP) norms i.e a grant of 50% instead of 25% be
provided by the Government of India on the pattern of Command Area Development and Water
Management Programme (CADWMP) projects. The State Government has strongly argued that
there is a need to remove one for one restriction for funding of projects under AIBP. It is a
bottleneck in taking up new projects for execution, leading to delays and consequent adverse
impact on the economy of the State. The schemes for recharging of ground water resources are
also required to be covered under AIBP.
39. The State Government has already put into place the Participatory Irrigation
Management (PIM) programme where farmers have been entrusted with the work of
management of distribution of water in the area earmarked for supply of water at the outlet head
and maintenance of field channels at their own cost. The State Government is contemplating a
Comprehensive Unified Legislation, which will cover all the inter-related issues concerning
Ground Water, Participatory Irrigation Management and Canals.
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