Coming as a welcome news for the people of Bihar, the construction of Sapta Kosi high dam is making good progress. After the completion of the project, fury of floods in Bihar will be largely controlled.
Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti held meeting with the Government of Nepal to discuss various steps on reducing the severity of flood in Bihar. She informed that all the flood relief proposals sent by the Bihar Government have also been accepted by the Ministry. Accordingly, this will benefit nearly 132 lakh population in the State. Almost 7 lakh hectares area in Bihar is devastated by floods every year due to rivers from Nepal.
She further informed that total fund released during the 12th Plan Period under FMP to Bihar is Rs167.96 crore. The Centre has released Rs 24.92 crore in 2014-15 under Chandan Flood Management Scheme
The Water Resources Minister further said a solution was being found to the perennial flood problem in Bihar as the inter-linking of rivers plan was being contemplated to transform destructive face of rivers into beneficial ones.