The Project, under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana- Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (PMKSY-AIBP), will be completed by 2029, aiding irrigation and flood management in Bihar.
Kosi Mechi Intra-State Link Project
- It envisages diversion of part of surplus water of Kosi River to Mahananda basin in Bihar by linking it to Mechi river.
- This will be done by remodelling and extension of the existing Eastern Kosi Main Canal (EKMC).
- EKMC is a part of the Kosi Project (1954) between India and Nepal to overcome the problem of shifting of course of the Kosi River.
About PMKSY
- PMKSY is an umbrella scheme launched in 2015-16.
- Aim: To enhance physical access of water on farm, expand cultivable area under irrigation, improve on-farm water use efficiency, introduce sustainable water conservation practices, etc.
- Major Components:
- Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) and Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP) being implemented by Ministry of Jal Shakti.
- Watershed Development (WD) being implemented by Ministry of Rural Development.
- PMKSY- AIBP
- AIBP was launched in 1996-97 and amalgamated in PMKSY in 2015-16.
- Aim: Provision of Central Assistance to major and medium irrigation projects under Long Term Irrigation Fund, with borrowings from NABARD.
About Kosi and Mechi River
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