Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Sunday demanded that the Centre declare the proposed Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) a project of national importance.
The detailed project report of ERCP has got in-principle approval from the Central Water Commission and declaring it a national project will expedite its work, Raje said while raising critical water problems of the state at the NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting in New Delhi on Sunday.
Considering the water scarcity in the state, the Centre should provide special assistance and declare the proposed ERCP a project of national importance, which will solve drinking and irrigation water needs of 13 districts of the state, she said in a statement.
Raje said that the water availability and its quality were major problems in Rajasthan.