Talks underway with Jharkhand, UP governments on Bihar project

Patna, April 4: Bihar Minister for Water Resources Ramashray Prasad Singh on Thursday said talks are being held with the authorities of the government's of Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand for execution of the proposed multi-purpose Indrapuri reservoir project in the state's Rohtas district.

Replying to a short-notice question of the RJD MLA Bhim Singh in the state legislative council, Singh said we are making relentless efforts for eliciting sanction from the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand which is necessary for execution of the project.

Talks are in progress between the authorities of Bihar and its neighbouring states of UP and Jharkhand as the Centre too has responded positively in this connection, he said.

Singh said a sum of Rs 1111.14 crore was earmarked for the reservoir-cum-hydel power project in Rohtas.

The detailed project report had already been submitted to the Central Water Commission but the project is still pending for the lack of required sanction from the two states, he added.