LOK SABHA
A Task Force on
Inter-Linking of Rivers under the Chairmanship of Shri Suresh
P. Prabhu, Member of Parliament has been constituted on 13.12.2002.
The terms of reference of the Task Force inter alia include
consideration of the various modalities for project funding.
The Task Force has been given a time table for preparation of
an Action Plan by 31st July, 2003 for giving alternative
options for funding and execution of the project as also the
suggested methods for cost recovery.
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 Veerappa in the Lok Sabha today.
