MODIFIED
PKC-ERCP LINK PROJECT - ECONOMY
News:
Rajasthan, MP, Centre
sign MoU for modified river linking project
What's
in the news?
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Rajasthan
and Madhya Pradesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with the Union Ministry of Jal
Shakti to implement the Modified Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal-ERCP (Modified
PKC-ERCP) Link Project.
Key
takeaways:
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The project envisages integration of
original PKC river link project with Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project to
implement it as an inter-state river
linking project under the national perspective plan of interlinking of
rivers (ILR) programme of the Government of India.
Modified
Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal-ERCP (Modified PKC-ERCP) Link Project:
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The Modified PKC-ERCP is an inter-state
river linking project.
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A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) will be
finalised among Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and the Centre, covering the sharing
of water, exchange of water, sharing of costs and benefits, implementation
mechanisms, arrangements for management and control of water in the Chambal basin, etc.
Backdrop:
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The Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal (PKC) link
project is one of the 30 links included in the National Perspectives Plan
formulated by the erstwhile Union Ministry of Irrigation (now Ministry of Water
Resources) and the Central Water Commission in the year 1980.
Go
back to basics:
Eastern
Rajasthan Canal Project:
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The Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP)
is aimed at intra-basin transfer of water within the Chambal basin, by utilising surplus monsoon water available
in Kalisindh, Parvati, Mej and Chakan sub basins and diverting it into water
deficit sub-basins of Banas, Gambhiri, Banganga and Parbati.