Water Resources Minister Ramvichar Netam said in the State Assembly on Friday that a total of 121 ‘anicuts’ and 10 barrages over five major rivers of the State are either proposed or already under construction. The total outlay for construction of anicuts and barrages, is estimated at Rs3,095 crore.
In a written reply to leader of the Opposition and Congress leader Ravindra Choubey, the Minister informed that the five major rivers where that ‘Anicuts’ and barrages are proposed or under construction are—Mahanadi, Shivnath, Hansdev, Kelo and Indravati.
‘The total outlay for construction on 121 ‘Anicuts’ is an estimated Rs1,670.16 crore while it is Rs1,425.73 crore for construction of 10 barrages,’ Netam said. He said that the total reservoir capacity for the 121 ‘Anicuts’ is 274.79 million cubic meters while for the 10 barrages is 244.39 million cubic metres.
Out of the total stored water in the projects, 48.36 million cubic metres of water would be reserved for various industrial units and 334.73 million cubic metres of water for power generating units in the State, Netam said.
In a reply to another question put by Congress member Rudra Kumar Guru, the Minister informed that the Kesla Stop dam was constructed on Patalu Nullah in Aarang Development Block of Raipur district during 2010-11 while the Rajim Anicut on Mahanadi in Abhanpur Development Block and Devri Anicut on Kolhan nullah in Dharsova Development Block was constructed during 2012-13.
As on January 13, 2013, there are a total of 10 Anicuts either under construction or incomplete in Raipur district.
During 2013-14, it is proposed to construct two Anicuts in Dharsiva Assembly segment and two Anicuts in the Aarang Anucut segment, 2 Anicuts in Baloda Bazar Assembly segment and a Stop Dam is proposed in Abhanpur Assembly segment, he added.