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Centre Approves Funds To Prevent Erosion Of Hooghly River Bank

Following a letter from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee last month seeking money to restore river banks, the central government has decided to allocate 60 per cent of funds under the Flood Management and Border Area Programme to prevent the ‘perpetual’ erosion of the Hooghly river bank in the state.

The West Bengal government intends to carry out four projects costing Rs 2,478 crore, including the Ghatal Master Plan, on a priority-basis.

The other projects include the pending work of Aila Dam in Sunderbans worth Rs 1,000 crore, allocation of around Rs 80 crore for the Kandi Master Plan and some parts of the Keleghai-Kapeshwari project, which have been estimated at Rs 160 crore.

On February 21, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over land erosion issue by banks of river Ganga in parts of the state including Malda, Murshidabad and Nadia.

In the letter, the Chief Minister also urged the Prime Minister to intervene in the issue so that flood management and restoration schemes can be started at the earliest to save lives from the disaster.

“The perpetual flood and erosion along trans-boundary rivers like Mahananda, Fulhar, Tangon, Atrayee and Purnabhava are also a major cause for erosion in 21 blocks of Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur and Malda districts of the state,” read the part of the letter.

 

Source: The Free Press Journal
Photo courtesy: telegraphindia

 

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