RAJYA SABHA
Irrigating being
a state subject, the responsibility of planning, investigation,
funding alongwith priority, execution, operation and maintenance
of irrigation projects primarily rests with the concerned State
Governments themselves. Hence, the Central Government has not
formulated any project for removal of silt from canals net work
and its repair/renovation across the country.
This information
was given by the Union Minister of State for Water Resources,
Smt. Bijoya Chakravarty in a written reply to a question from
Shri Ramchandra Khuntia in the Rajya Sabha today.
